New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25
REQ Car Takes Party for
Qmet Country Trip Up
the Hudson
A business man in the party declared good car and
day week in the country better than any
other vacation.

edge. A happier place for road
could not be found.
Good Road at Tappan.
Tappan was the next town they
came to, and a good road led from
there to Piermont. The sunshine and
the fresh air had done their work,
and everybody was starved, so they
stopped at Fort Comfort Inn for
lunch. | expect you think that prob
ably The Tired Business Man was not
hungry, but when | tell you that he
had everything on the menu and
then two pieces Of cherry pie, guess
you will change your mind.
II was = o'clock before they left
Piermont. and were again on the
road that was once more following
close to the Hudson. 1t would lead
through some lonely, sweet smelling
woods, then suddenly give them an
exquisite glimpse Of the river below
and the hills on the opposite shore.
There was not a minute that there
was not something new and lovely TO
see. There were the river and the
woods, the flowers, the ancient, vine
covered villages and the little brooks
and lakelets that were always COM
ing into unexpected view.
Nyack on the Hudson was the
next; then Forest Glen and Haver-
straw. Between Haverstraw and
Stony Point there were some of the
most gorgeous wild flowers. Our
autoists simply could not resist get
ting out to pick some. Great, snowy
daisies. buttercupS, rhododendrons,
tiny starlike blue and white flowers,
purple flags and many others grew in
riotous confusion. They all clam
bered out and gathered great arms
full of them. And while they were
gathering the flowers they were de-
lighted to find patch of luscious
little wild Strawberries growing, hid
den in the grass and flowers.
From Bear Mountain They Start Home.
But it was getting late, so they
hurried on over the good roads
through Stony Point and Tompkins
Cove to Bear Mountain Inn a little
beyond. This was an ideal rest for
lust a few moments. 1t is high on a
bluff overlooking the Hudson, with
the hills rising behind it, tranquil,
shady lake at one side of it, ball
grounds and tennis courts on the
other.
They decided that if they were to
get back to New York early in the
evening they must turn back at this
point. 1t was then ; o'clock. They
wanted to make good time and to try
and escape the bad roads they had
found in the morning. So they hur-
ried over a fine road TO Tompkins
Cove, and from there they struck
high road that wound its way close to
the Hudson, but ever wandered off
into the most delightful little shady
hooks. This road at first bade fair to
be as bad as the roads they had
struck earlier in the day.
But the REQ, as it had done pre-
viously, ploughed right along, max
ing the rough stretches apparently as
easily as it did the smooth. They
were all sorry they had to hurry, for
the lengthening shadows and the
peace of the fast approaching even
ing made the country even more APP
pealing than it was earlier in the
day.
Back on Splendid Road.
Grassy Point and Haverstraw
were passed, but the autolsts had
found different road, so the trip
back was still entirely new. Then
they made for Nyack, intending to
take the ferry there to Tarrytown,
and come home on the other side of
the river. Just as they pulled up at
the ferry house in Nyack they saw
the boat Just leaving its slip. And,
worse. they were informed that that
was the last boat for the night. This
meant that they had to scamper
down to Englewood and ferry across
there, as they had done in the morn
ing. CONSERVATION reigned, for they
still remembered the bad roads they
had travelled in the morning. They
all agreed that if the Tired Business
Man had not eaten that extra piece
of cherry pie at lunch they would
have been that much ahead of their
schedule, and thus, would have
caught the Nyack ferry.
Good State Road to Englewood.
But luck was with them, for kind
farmer directed them to a good road