Wedding Getaway: The Hikes

We hiked every day on our getaway. On the first day, we made a quick stop at Lovers Leap State Park and later hiked at Kent Falls. It's a short walk up the falls (a quarter mile) but steep.

The next day we visited Millerton, checked out the Antique Center, Harney & Sons Tasting Room, and hiked along the Harlem Valley Rail Trail. Here are a few shots along the trail. Jeff and I liked the arrangement of rocks.

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The next day after checking out Reed Street and Riverside Park in Coxsackie, we headed to Kaaterskill Falls.  Signage to/at the park was rudimentary. We found an empty space in a parking lot, but learned from a visitor that there was an uphill climb to the falls (okay) but we'd have to wall along a winding path along the side of the road. I was unsure about navigating that with Lola. The visitor said there was another trail from the top of the hill, so we headed there. 

We walked from a Historic Society building along another rail trail (not as easy a hike as Harlem Valley, but relatively easy for the most part.) It was a 3.6 mile walk. As we approached the fall lookout, we realized there was a parking lot about .3 miles from the lookout. D'oh.

Here's a photo of the falls. 

I must admit that I expected more. Someone said I should have gone in the spring. We enjoyed the hike, but were a bit disappointed in the falls.

 On Saturday, Jeff researched Hannacroix Falls just north of the wedding site. We got off to a late start and had to pick up sandwiches and salad for the wedding party. Jeff set the timer on his phone to 15 minutes, so we could turn around and get the sandwiches on time. After lunch we checked out a short hike at Four Mile Point Preserve and walked around Riverside Park. 

We returned to Hannacroix Falls on Sunday for about an hour. Unfortunately, I didn't get very good photos, but we got a new hike on our last day away.