Field trip to Beacon

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Spent the morning on the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, NY. It's an old town with an interesting history going back to the Revolutionary War - it's a railroad town, a port town, and is undergoing a bit of a renaissance after years of decline. Now it's filled with artists and galleries, and the very fine Dia:Beacon museum of contemporary art. Today's trip was for a road race, the Denning's Point 5K. I wrote more about the experience here.