Attempted visit to Eleanor's Cottage

I decided this would be a good day to visit the Eleanor Roosevelt cottage.  I shoulda taken the roads I knew and I woulda taken them, but even knowing I coulda stayed in familiar territory I decided to stray on some roads I've never been on before.  I drove all around and ended up on streets in Poughkeepsie that I didn't know, but eventually made it to the grounds of the Cottage.   What I didn't count on was the sequester, and I discovered they were only open on Tuesday and Thursday.  I doubt I'll go back tomorrow so I snapped a couple of pictures and let it go until another year.

On the way back I saw a sign to Hidden Cove Park and knew it would be on the Hudson River, so I turned in.  What a beautiful place, with picnic tables, grills, a building with a very long porch facing the river and lots of Adirondack chairs to sit in.  The day was perfect - a bit cool in the shade and perfect in the sunshine.  I watched the river for a while and saw a tugboat pushing a barge past.

To get to my car I had to walk back through this narrow tunnel under a railroad bridge.  

When I got back to the house I sat out on the driveway with Sandy's parents (who are here for a few days) enjoying a beautiful day, a cloudless blue sky and a slight breeze.

A note on the quinine (tonic water) - I had a bit of tonic with ginger ale last night and didn't have any leg cramps, but it will take more than one night to convince me.  In the meantime I am going to get Hyland's pills as a backup.  I looked at the labels and found that the tonic as well as the ginger ale now contain high fructose corn syrup.  I don't think there is any need for the extra sweetener in the ginger ale, but I'm not surprised that it is added to just about everything that isn't organic.