part ii of the trip took us hiking up overlook mountain and ending with some lovely views of the catskill mountains. a 20-minute drive towards woodstock, ny (yes, that woodstock of historical art & crafts and festival fame) and through the town itself, we arrived at the entrance to overlook mountain which also happened to be near a tibetan monastery. after some research on the monastery, i wished we had some time to walk around it but we were also trying to make good time heading up and coming back down before the late afternoon...
the trail up overlook mountain was not what i was expecting. i'm normally used to a path carved out in the middle of the woods - you know all dirt, leaves, moss... this path was actually a gravel road. the hike wasn't bad but still pretty tough for an out of shape person like myself. it's actually quite a short hike (5 miles total) however it was set mostly at an incline and that basically felt like climbing the stairmasters for 2.5 miles.
along the hike we crossed through the ruins of the overlook mountain house & lodge... definitely a nice break to take although by slowing down for photo-ops, i found myself getting plagued by these tiny little bugs that were taking a good bite out of me...
after many promises of "this is the last little hill we need to climb", we finally reached the top and boy was it breathtaking and most certainly worth the bug bites and exhaustion. there was also a fire-tower which added another level to the view of the mountains.
(looking south: view of the catskill mountains and ashokan resevoir)
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