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Thread #61956 Message #1010161
Posted By: EBarnacle1
29-Aug-03 - 08:39 AM
Thread Name: BS: Room Accomodations Hudson Valley
Subject: RE: BS: Room Accomodations Hudson Valley
Probably your best bet would be to contact the Dutchess County Chamber of Commerce. The area is just to the North of Local, so friends up there usually put me up. As a result, I don't have a handle on it.
While there, though, don't miss the chance to eat at the CIA (Culinary Institute of America). It's the American Cordon Bleu.
I presume you are going to Rhinebeck aerodrome and to visit the FDR estate at Hyde Park, as well as the other stately mansions along the river, including the Morse mansion in Poughkeepsie.
There are also several good vineyards in the area. Some of them overlook the Hudson Valley and will give you an idea of what the Hudson River School painters were looking at when they painted. When the light is right, it's really breathtaking.