We arrive at Interlake RV Park, http://www.interlakervpark.com/, early on Monday afternoon. I discovered that one of the safety cables for the car had dragged along the ground on the trip up to Rhinebeck. It wore through the 3/8" cable. This will have to be replaced before we go home. We got the RV leveled and hooked up. This campsite differed from the two that we stayed at before in that it was built on the side of a hill. The individual sites were "level" plots cut into the hill. Backing downhill and turning into the space was a joy. I was complimented on my parking by a man camped near our site.
Tuesday, we went to a RV dealer in Kingston to get a replacement cable for the tow equipment. I programmed the address into my NAV program on the laptop and off we went. The dealer is at the junction of the Thruway and State Route 28. A piece of cake. Wrong! There are two route 28's in Kingston. One is State Route 28 and the other is County Route 28. The NAV took us to this lovely wooded area about 3 miles from where we were headed.
That afternoon we went to the Millbrook Winery for a tour and tasting. It was very interesting. We met a local tour guide and his three customers who invited us to join them on a visit to the town of Millbrook. The town, aside from being very quaint, is where many movie stars have homes. This is a place I would like to visit again.
Wednesday morning we headed up to the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/, to look around. They don't have their flying shows during the week, but the museum is open seven days a week after Memorial day. There are dozens of vintage aircraft in the museum in all states of restoration from parts to planes they use in the shows. We lucked out when we asked an employee a question and we got a guided tour of five hangers.
That afternoon, we headed down to Hyde Park to visit FDR's home, which is part of the National
Park System, www.nps.gov/hofr/. I bought a discount pass to the National Park system for $10. It can be used across the country. We saved $2 for the tour of FDR's estate. The whole property is 1900 acres. The Roosevelt's summer homes, yes, individual homes, were on the far end of the property. We stopped at the FDR Museum & Library. The library was only open to those with passes as we were told.
We dined out Wednesday night at a restaurant in Rhinebeck called the Double Zero. It seems that restaurants in the Hyde Park go out of their way to serve excellent food. This may have something to do with the Culinary Institute of America being located in Hyde Park. We have lucked out with the restaurants we have found on the trips.
Thursday morning, we returned to Hyde Park to tour the Vanderbilt estate. We took the tour of the house. The servant's quarters had more rooms than our house does. The doors were about 8' high and 3" thick except for the ones that were on the curved walls. These were 6" thick and carved out to meet the curvature of the wall. This house was only used for about three months. The winters were spent in Manhattan for the opera season. They also had homes in Newport, RI and the Adirondacks. Ain't life tough!
We got back to the RV, had lunch, and prepared for the trip home. The trip home was uneventful until the end. I took care to set up the tow bar & its cables so I wouldn't have a repeat of the trip up to Rhinebeck. It wasn't a repeat, both cables worked loose this time. I have to get shorter cables or wrap them around the tow bar.
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