Sometimes I don't get a turn on my own computer, until the weekend is over. We completed this hike on Saturday, and hope I can paint an accurate picture. Sylvan Park Preserve is located close to the Taconic Parkway in Yorktown. There is a parking lot for visitors with a map of the trails. Adam, Sam, Antonia, Cooper (woof), and myself hiked the white and blue blazed trails for a total of 2.25 miles of splendor. Cooper completed an additional 2.5 miles at least running back and forth, back and forth. Nothing short of dog heaven. We walked into only one other group of folks during the time we were there. There was plenty of change in terrain: the uphill path of a gas pipeline, mature woods, wetlands, and oh yeah an enormous granite quarry that provided beautiful vistas, and a peak into the past. Remnants of the largest industry in the history of Yorktown awaited us including rusty old thick cables bolted into rock, and the ruins of a working shed. I learned that the granite from this quarry was trucked to Manhattan for the construction of St. John the Divine and it was mostly due to the skills of Italian craftsmen. I wondered how we could manage to reopen that quarry for people like me who still don't know what having a granite kitchen is like. It was beautiful, and crazy to imagine the kind of labor that took place there. There is even ice skating in the winter at this site, I wonder when that will be.
It was a splendid time with my family!!
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