New York & the Mid-Atlantic Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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1 Calicoon

Calicoon was settled in the

1760s when lumbering was

all the rage; the railroad,

which still runs through

this postage-stamp-sized

town, linked the Great

Lakes to the eastern

seaboard a century later.

Today Calicoon is a mix

of year-round residents

and second-homers,

rural rhythms and

independently minded

retirees, artists and

farmers. Built in the 1940s,

the Calicoon movie theater

has daily 7:30pm showings

(plus another screening

at 2pm on weekends),

generally Hollywood

blockbusters, in its single-

screen cavernous Quonset-

hut style theater. Throw in

a sophisticated wine shop,

several antiques stores and

restaurants, including the

newly redesigned Peppino’s

Pizzeria and Cafe Devine,

where you can while away

a few hours, and a farmer’s

market on Sundays

(h11am to 3pm) in the

summer and you might

start window-shopping at

the local real-estate office.

Rent a canoe or kayak

from Lander’s River

Trips (%800-252-3925;

http://www.landersrivertrips.com;

per day Mon-Fri/Sat & Sun

$39/45) in the Shell gas

station at the foot of the

bridge for a relaxing

float down the Delaware.

Between Calicoon and

Narrowsburg, the river

TRIP HIGHLIGHT

Down the

Delaware

Flowing.along.the.New.York.and.Pennsylvania.border.and.

then.through.New.Jersey,.the.Delaware.River.is.a.particularly.

scenic.state.boundary..Snaking.past.riverside.towns.where.

locals.coexist.with.downstaters.discovering.the.pleasures.

of.rural.living,.it.makes.its.most.dramatic.appearance.at.an.

S-shaped.curve.in.a.gap.in.the.mountains..Whatever.side.

you’re.on,.beautiful.waterfalls.–.some.hidden.deep.in.the.

forest.–.can.be.found.down.little-known.back-country.

roads.

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