The above title is the theme for the Village of Catskill which it uses to highlight its history, artistry and sense of fun. Local artists have created 52 whimsical cat creations perched all along Main Street. My favorite was the “Cat-ue of Liberty.”
The Budget Frommer's Guide listed this village a few years ago as one of “America’s Ten Coolest Small Towns.” Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of Art, made his home here in the 1830’s and artists ever since have found the natural beauty of the bucolic landscape and the Catskill Mountains region. Galleries are open for touring and Bell’s Café Bistro offers some interesting selections.
On 8/1, we docked at the Catskill Marina on Catskill Creek off the Hudson River. We were unfortunately too late for the Farmers Market. It has a brand new home right on the banks of the Hudson on the site of the Native American village of Hop-O-Nose.
With the torrential rain lately, the Hudson has a lot of debris and the Champlain Canal is flooding, according to boaters on Morningstar, so we decided to stay an extra day here and wait out the next round of storms forecasted for Sunday. What do we do when it rains all day—read the Sunday New York Times, go see a movie at the Community Theatre (Harry Potter--not as good as the book) and take a cat nap. Purr-fect.
The Budget Frommer's Guide listed this village a few years ago as one of “America’s Ten Coolest Small Towns.” Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of Art, made his home here in the 1830’s and artists ever since have found the natural beauty of the bucolic landscape and the Catskill Mountains region. Galleries are open for touring and Bell’s Café Bistro offers some interesting selections.
On 8/1, we docked at the Catskill Marina on Catskill Creek off the Hudson River. We were unfortunately too late for the Farmers Market. It has a brand new home right on the banks of the Hudson on the site of the Native American village of Hop-O-Nose.
With the torrential rain lately, the Hudson has a lot of debris and the Champlain Canal is flooding, according to boaters on Morningstar, so we decided to stay an extra day here and wait out the next round of storms forecasted for Sunday. What do we do when it rains all day—read the Sunday New York Times, go see a movie at the Community Theatre (Harry Potter--not as good as the book) and take a cat nap. Purr-fect.
