Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
The park has several public attractions including a miniature aircraft airport (note: I’ve never come across this), boat launch, tent and RV camping, cabin rental, cross-country skiing, fishing, group picnicking, hiking and walking trails, a museum, nature study, pavilions, a playground, swimming, and a beach. In the 1800s the Underhill family owned the land that…
Last Thanksgiving I took the dog for a walk at Croton Point Park, NY. The weather was great, and the light was superb. Above: Rocks and a tree (with roots) looking vaguely North over Verplanck. You can just make out the Bear Mountain Bridge in the background, and behind that the Schunemunk Mountain State Park…
As you enter Croton Point Park (or in my case as you leave) there’s a small kiosk, where in season they collect fees. My wife was coming to pick us up (Harley and myself) and we’d agreed to meet at the parking area by this kiosk. As is often the case, I was a bit…
Still another brick structure, this one a former barn now used, like the others, as a maintenance building for the park.
In the previous post we saw brick wine cellars. In this post and the next we see more brick structures. I suppose this is not surprising. If your family owns the local brick works (as the Underhill family did) then I suppose it’s probably cheapest and easiest to build in brick. According to the Brickcollecting.com…