Day 4.350: RamsHorn-Livingston I presume?

With temperatures in the 40's - well above average for this time of year - and the promise of some dry weather, we decided to get out an about.  We took another trip down the Hudson to a Scenic Hudson/Audubon property we thought we'd been to before - but hadn't!

The RamsHorn-Livingston Sanctuary has a strange name, a strange claim-to-fame and a little under two miles of trails.  The claim-to-fame is that it is a rare freshwater tidal swamp - yes really!

Anyway, we had a very nice visit - the bleakness of the season suited the landscape and it was bug-free - I can only imagine what it might be like in the summer.

E5N1 seemed to be trying his hand at planking - I don't think he's got it quite down yet.

His puddle-splashing was much more convincing:

We climbed the large and sturdy observation tower.

The views were probably not the most exciting today:

The close-ups were more to my taste.

We walked maybe a mile and a half of the trails - a mixture of swamp and woodland with a view over to the Catskills from the far edge of the woods (top left of collage). Photos are here.