The Great Smoky Mountains to Biltmore House
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain
Hudson River Valley (Partial)
Sunday – 6:00 am – Leave West Newbury drive to Hyde Park, NY
Drive 3 hours
9:00 Arrive Hyde Park NHS, 4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY
Tours 9 – 5, 7 days a week, $14/person (plan on two hours)
Drive 10 minutes
11 Arrive Vanderbuilt Mansion NHS (10 minute drive)
Tours 9 – 5 (last one at 4), 7 days a week, $7/person (plan on two hours)
1 Lunch and drive to Catskill (45 minute drive)
2 Arrive Olana (Frederick Church’s Home)
Tours Wed – Sun 10 -4, reservations suggested, 518-828-0135, $7/person
Drive 10 minutes
3 Arrive Cedar Grove (Thomas Cole’s home), 218 Spring Street, Catskill, NY
Tours /Thurs – Sun 10 – 4, $7/person
Arrange hotel near Catskill or Albany (45 minute drive)
Dinner and possibly drinks
Monday – 10 Tour New York State Capitol Building in Albany
Drive 30 minutes
12 Arrive Lindenwald (Martin Van Buren’s Home), NY Rt 9H, Kinderhook, NY
Tours - 9 – 4:30 tours top of every hour
Drive 45 minutes
2 Arrive Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Road, Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA
Tours 10 – 4, $15/person, 413-298-4100
Drive 2 and half hours to West Newbury
6:30 Arrive in West Newbury
Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.
Walt Whitman
- Susan & Arthur
- Helen
- Bobby
- Ada & Kevin
- Bryce
- Marshall
- Addie
- Zoe
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