Amtrak, Olana, and More

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After getting coffee and breakfast, we checked out the Amtrak station in Hudson. A train bound for NYC arrived to pick up passengers while we were there. I lamented the fact Amtrak barely services Cincinnati, and when it does, only once a week at 2 AM. These trains were scheduled for NYC and Toronto among other destinations every hour this morning. It would be a dream to live in the Valley and take a 2-hour ride to Penn Station whenever desired.

Hudson hadn’t fully opened up for the day, so we wandered over to Catskill for a bit, but everything was closed there, too. After seeing some wild turkey with their babies, we drove up to Olana—a historic site with an ornate, one-of-a-kind mansion designed by an artist who was part of the Hudson River School of landscape painting in the 19th century (pictured).

Once we’d had our fill of Olana, we headed back into town to check out the shops that were now open. We grabbed a drink, bought a few items, then went back to the Airbnb to rest up and get out of the oppressive heat. Later on, we got pizza and ate it in Hudson’s riverfront park on a picnic table. It was a nice way to spend our final evening in the quiet, expensive little city on the river.

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