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, business and sites mentioned:

Poet's Walk, Red Hook, NY

Drayton Grant Park at Burger Hill, Rhinebeck, NY

Buttercup Sancturary, Stanfordville, NY

Innisfree, Millbrook

Otto's Market, Germantown

Hike the Hudson Valley

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