Venice-on-the-Hudson

It was too hot to be outside last weekend. But on Saturday evening we drove to the top of Bear Mountain.


The breeze was refreshing and we spent a bit of time sitting on the rocks and enjoying the view.



After debating on what to do for dinner, Nelson led us to a cute town called Haverstraw. The downtown seemed to have many restaurants and seemed active. There was a movie being screened at a park by the waterfront. We were hoping to have dinner outside at Civile's Venice -on-the -Hudson. It was crowded especially regarding its outside seating with river views. But we arrived past the prime dinner time and were seated at a table outside within twenty minutes. We enjoyed the complementary bread basket, good pasta dishes and dessert. Having dinner in the cooling breeze with moonlight in view was a great end to a hot summer day!