Is it exercise or medicine? This week, Mat Zucker explores hiking in the Hudson Valley. Some seasoned hiking experts weigh in, and a list of hikes you might want to try yourself. Chronogram and Hudson Valley Magazine have both lauded Cidiot® as a podcast to listen to.  We'll end with a capitalist-friendly quote.

Some of the hikes, businesses, and sites mentioned:

• Poet's Walk, Red Hook, NY
• Drayton Grant Park at Burger Hill, Rhinebeck, NY
• Buttercup Sanctuary, Stanfordville, NY
• Innisfree, Millbrook
• Otto's Market, Germantown
• Hike the Hudson Valley
• The Zen Hiker

Thanks for listening. Come visit.

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