New York - Day 21

Saugerties/Woodstock KOA
Monday, 21 May 2018

Well, I miscalculated. 

The one thing I really want to do before I leave New York is visit Eleanor Roosevelt's house Val-Kill, now a National Historic Site.  It's about 30 miles from here, which means it's about an hour's drive because there are a limited number of bridges across the Hudson River and the main roads go through lots and lots of towns, as I did yesterday.  They let visitors into the house only on a tour, and the tours are only twice a day, at 1 PM and 3 PM.  I decided I'd wait and go tomorrow, and spend today resting and catching up (I keep falling behind for some reason).

That seemed to work out pretty well, because it's a beautiful sunny day and I could open the windows and tether the dogs outside for hours, and put their beds on the picnic table to air out, and take the dog bed covers and the towels I've been using on them up to the washing machines to bring a little freshness into this place.

Then this afternoon, when I was trying to figure out where I was going to be staying for the rest of the month and what I'd be able to see (and what I'd have to miss), I discovered those tours of Val-Kill don't happen on Tuesdays or Wednesdays.  Tomorrow is a Tuesday.  So I won't be taking a tour tomorrow, or even the next day.

Because I'm not leaving the state without this visit, that meant I had to rethink my whole travel plans.  And I can only be just so flexible because of the Memorial Day clog in almost every single campground.

Anyway, I've spent several hours at it and finally think I've got it worked out.  This was complicated by the fact that very few of the state parks in the Adirondacks have electricity to the campsites.  If I'm not going to have electricity, I might as well be staying in a hotel parking lot. 

And then I discovered my camera isn't working right.  I can't take photos of the map any more, for some reason.  I'll be in the Albany vicinity later this week and maybe I'll try to find a camera store.  But that'll have to come lower in priority to getting the dogs to a vet.  Maybe I'll have more time to deal with cameras and things next month: Vermont is a smaller state than New York so I might have a little extra time to get things done.