last minute travel suggestions?

Subject: Re: last minute travel suggestions?

sweet tea wrote: on the spur of the moment, the gf and i have scheduled a zip car for a day trip tomorrow.

any suggestions on where we should go?

we'd like to go somewhere nature-y, where we can hike about and ideally i can see water of some kind (river, waterfall, etc -- does not have to be the ocean). we'd like to keep the driving distance under 2 hours if possible.

i'm doing other research of course, but i'd love to know what your favorite spots are.

daily candy (dailycandy.com) just had a "travel" issue and it included a spot ... somewhere that was 2ish hours from nyc.

Storm King is a sculpture park around 1:45 away, depending on traffic getting out of the city. It's excellent paired with the Audubon Nature preserve that's up there too - very swampy, wooden pathways, on the Hudson. Magic, but I'm blanking on the name, sorry. :oops: That one can be a little hard to find.

http://www.stormking.org/

If you're ever headed out for the weekend, and a little further up, there's a used bookstore in Hillsdale NY called The Book Barn that y'all might really enjoy. That's closer to 2 1/2 - 3 hours up. And even farther than that is North Adams MASS, and MASS MOCA, the fannnnntastic contemporary arts place in a compound of old factory buildings. Pretty up there...

Like the Big Guy, I bet Fire Island would be great in this weather. I haven't been to the nature preserve part of that (or of Queens for that matter) but I imagine it's good.

Check out the Delaware Water Gap on West I-80. Both the NJ and PA sides are very pretty although I will say the NJ side has better hiking, easier access to the river and has a ton of wild flower poaching opportunities.. It's about a 90 minute drive.

I think it's a bit father than 2 hours, but Cape May, NJ is a really cute old town in the bottom of New Jersey. Think well restored old victorian houses, kinda cheesy tea rooms, main streets on the beach. great to stroll around though in moderate temp. and look at houses and foiiage. Accessible by 95 south.