We like driving get-aways. It might be a day trip or maybe a short journey of a few days. Sometimes you are in a rush to get somewhere but if you have the time, scenic drives make the journey worthwhile in itself.

We have a book I have mentioned here before, National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways: The 300 Best Drives in the U.S.. As the title tells us has hundreds of scenic drives in the United States.

This time we were going to spend one night away from home which gave us 2 days of sight-seeing. We decided to see the lower to middle Hudson Valley in New York. We had been there before but usually we had a specific destination in mind and were in a rush to get there.

We borrowed a few guidebooks from the library and began to plan our leisurely trip. We easily found several places we would like to visit. Some were “must see” and some were “if we have time”.

We also looked at the National Geographic scenic drives book I mentioned earlier. We decided to add the George W. Perkins Memorial drive to the summit of Bear Mountain. The picture is the scenic view from the top of the drive overlooking the Hudson River and Bear Mountain Bridge.

This was on our “must see” list and I’m very glad we did this scenic drive.