This morning I got up early and took the Metro North Rail up to Croton-Harmon in Westchester. It was an hour train ride right up the Hudson River and was a beautiful trip, the reds and golds of the trees were so vibrant.
I was meeting up with a friend I made from my Central Park picnic on Memorial Day, and he lived up there. He picked me up from the train station and we drove another 15-20 minutes through the town and into the hills to a lake and went walking around the grounds. It was SO BEAUTIFUL. It looked like woods you read about in storybooks and fairytales. Mark said in the winter they ice skate and play hockey on the lake when it's frozen over. It was a lake with wooden bridges, lined by fiercely red and yellow and brown leaved trees. There were rivers, and streams, and foliage covered all the sidewalks. There was even an animal rescue area of wooden shelters of different animals: rabbits, porcupines, opossums, vultures, bald eagles, and owls, which were so regal and wonderful to look at. It was such a beautiful place!
It got cut a little bit short since I had to meet someone in the city at 4p, but it was a great day trip and felt so good to be out of the city for a little while and be in fresh air and gorgeous scenery
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