OK, so we've missed blogging for a few days. No excuses, just rubbing shoulders with some Gilded Age ghosts up the Hudson River. First stop, the ruins of Bannerman Castle on Pollepel Island, centered in the Hudson between Storm King and Breakneck Mountains and the villages of Cold Spring and Beacon. Bannerman, born in Scotland, was a Brooklyn businessman who, needing storage for the arms and munitions he gathered from the Civil and Spanish-American Wars and elsewhere--and with no formal architectural training--built himself a nifty island arsenal in the late 1800s. Take a guided tour from Hudson River Adventures -- there's history lessons galore, and please support the Bannerman Castle Trust's ongoing mission to restore the arsenal and Bannerman's home on the island.
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