Rosendale Ramblings By Sari Botton

I went for a little constitutional on the rail trail the other day and came across some people in a golf cart. I was all ready to wag my finger and say, “Hey! No motorized vehicles here!” But it was these folks, who are actually working on repairing and restoring the rail trail: Carl Hornbeck, Town of Rosendale Highway Superintendent; Allan Bowdery, Chair of Conservation, Wallkill Valley Land Trust; and Amy R. Poux, Director of Development, Wallkill Valley Land Trust.

They were surveying the path to see what parts need work. In concert with the Open Space Institute, they’re getting started on that plan I mentioned to rehab the trail and fix the trestle so it goes all the way across route 213 to the Kingston side. So, this is really happening. Very exciting.