An escorted tour around the 7 lakes

Joe had to head off as he was working early the next day.

Joan took us for a drive up New York State where I used my navigational skills - so did not get lost once -though the SAt Nav did help towards the end!!!

We visited Stony Point - the place of a great battle 1779 - as the Americans would say as they thrashed the English who were i tad unprepared - fortunately there were only a few losses of life, the place itself was very scenic and there were people in costume to help recreate the life of the time - a place to recommend if in the area.

After that we headed for Bear Mountain Park - where we saw no bears but there were 7 lakes which were very impressive, though more place to park and stop and look would have been good. We did however stop at a couple of places - but each time it started to rain - pour down in fact.

After that we headed to Piermont on the Lower Hudson, a good place to walk right out into the Hudson on what was an old rail track but is now a nature walk, here Suri found the local mulberry bush and polished of many a handful.

On the way back we checked out a Pizza place - near a place called Ho Ho Kus, guess what it poured down - but at least we were inside