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Planning your getaway shouldn’t take as
long as the trip itself. Come to Dutchess
County, in the heart of the Hudson Valley.
It’s easy to arrange on Amtrak ® , and you
can get here in less than two hours. Visit
modern art museums, dine at The CIA,
sample our craft beers and spirits, go for
a hot air balloon ride or a river kayak
excursion. Try something you can only do
he re, like hiking around Bannerman Castle
or across the Walkway Over the Hudson.
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Sari Botton moved to the Hudson Valley in 2005. As a
writer living in Kingston, she is editorial director for the
nonprofit TMI Project, which offers storytelling workshops,
and runs Kingston Writers’ Studio. She edited the award-
winning essay anthology, Goodbye to All That: Writers
on Loving & Leaving New York and its New York
Times bestselling follow-up, Never Can Say Goodbye:
Writers on Their Unshakable Love for New York.
Here
Be
Ask a Local
”
I moved to the Hudson Valley because my husband and I
lost our affordable apartment in the East Village and real
estate in the city had gotten too expensive for us. We had both
loved visiting the area. We loved the hiking, biking, swimming
and arts and culture.
For a long time, I still thought of it as a fallback to the city but
I’ve come to see it differently. There’s a deeper sense of community
here. With fewer people, and fewer distractions, you connect at a
deeper level. That’s not to say there isn’t plenty to do. There’s so
much great art and music and activism.
When friends visit, we’ll take them to Kingston hotspots
like Outdated Café, Boitson’s, Elephant, Savona’s, Pakt, Two
Ravens, The Anchor, Keegan Ales or Stockade Tavern. We’ll cycle
the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, see movies at the Rosendale Theatre,
visit the Farmers’ Market and hidden swimming holes. We’ll
hear music at BSP or UPAC or up at Helsinki Hudson. We’ll travel
to Rhinebeck’s Poet’s Walk; Catskill’s bookstore Magpie; Jewett’s
Colgate Lake; Maggie’s
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