BULLS BRIDGE - 3 Mar 2012
Bulls Bridge in Kent, CT is one of my favorite places to hike and take photos.  I've been going there for over 20 years.  Just recently, the old parking lot was blocked off and a new parking lot was put in at the top of the hill just over the bridge.  This is the first change that has taken place in over 20 years.    The Bull family built an ironworks hereabouts sometime around 1740, but the exact date of the first covered bridge here is unknown. It is possible that the current bridge design was restored and updated for automobile traffic sometime in the mid 19th century. It crosses the Housatonic River.  There is a dam and canal system which provides power to the hydro-electric plant.

THE FRANNY REESE PRESERVE - 4 Mar 2012
This park is located in Lloyd and provides spectacular views of the Hudson River and Poughkeepsie.
We went expecting to get great shots of the Mid-Hudson Bridge - which we did - but we got something even better...If you go a bit further along the trails, and you will come across castle-like ruins and the remains of several other stone structures. You can't help but wonder who lived there, what was life like back then, what happened to cause the property to be abandoned...

The buildings went on and on; we couldn't take enough pictures.  Here are a few.  For more information about the buildings, which are the remains of a 19th century estate called Cedar Glen, go to http://www.abouttown.us/ulster/articles/cedar.shtml.