Mount Olympus was this year's choice,'' he wrote. After crossing the bridge, follow signs to Route 9 north, the FDR site comes first, then the Vanderbilt estate. Both are on the left. Travelers heading in from northwest points might want to avoid the Kingston-Rhinecliff bridge, which is being repaired. Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Vacationers remember to visit the Alamo Shrine of independence is besieged by visitors.
Founded as a mission and fort in 1718, it was the largest city in the Spanish colony and Mexican province of Texas. Miami was a barren beach when Santa Anna stormed the Alamo in 1836. Fed by cattle trails and rail lines, San Antonio grew to a city of 5,000 in the 1860s, a time when Phoenix was an uninhabited lizard lick. TheAlamo.org on the Web. 318 E. Houston St., San Antonio, TX 78205.