By agmoore on Skatehive
One of the most beautiful places in the world is the Hudson River Valley, in New York (USA). I know I will be challenged on that statement, but that's where I spent my childhood so of course I'm biased. The valley is rich in natural wonder, and in human history. I'm not alone in regarding the Hudson Valley as spectacular. There actually is an art movement named after the valley, The Hudson River School. "View on the Hudson River", by Jasper Francis Cropsey, from the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. 1890. Public domain A week ago my son attended a beverage festival in New Paltz, a small city in the Hudson River Valley. On the ride to the festival he took a picture from the car window. There it is, the river, just as it appears in the painting. This river runs north/south along the eastern border of New York. The Hudson's geological age is about 400 million years. As you can see, the river is surrounded by mountains. In the northern part of the state, the Catskill Mountains dominate the