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Hobby stores and such near Poughkeepsie NY?

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  • Member since
    October 2008
  • From: SE Pennsylvania
Hobby stores and such near Poughkeepsie NY?
Posted by padakr on Friday, August 19, 2011 6:18 PM

So, in October the wife and I are going up to New York for a weekend.  She wants to go to the Sheep and Wool festival in Rhinebeck NY. Not for the sheep, but for the wool, it is a knitters paradise of some sort.

We're staying just outside of Poughkeepsie, and I'm trying to find some things to do so that I don't have to spend the entire weekend with a glassy stare and the smell of sheep.

I already found out about the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, which has their last air show of the season that same weekend.  Maybe I'll take a bi-plane ride.

So,does anyone know of any nice hobby shops in the area? Or other activities of a model/military theme?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

  • Member since
    July 2008
  • From: Summerville, SC
Posted by jeffpez on Friday, August 19, 2011 7:53 PM

You're not far from West Point but the Aerodrome is amazing. Enjoy upstate New York.

  • Member since
    October 2008
  • From: SE Pennsylvania
Posted by padakr on Saturday, August 20, 2011 8:42 AM

Looking at the map, West Point is just a little way off of I-87, the road we'll take to get there and back.  Maybe I can convince her to make a stop on the way.

Thanks.

Anyone else have any suggestions?

  • Member since
    July 2008
  • From: Summerville, SC
Posted by jeffpez on Saturday, August 20, 2011 9:45 AM

If you're a fan of American Chopper their place is also just off I-87 (the NYS Thruway). I've never been there and likely won't in the future but it's something to maybe add to the list.

  • Member since
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  • From: SE Pennsylvania
Posted by padakr on Saturday, August 20, 2011 10:37 AM

Nah.  Not into motorcycles and what little I've seen of their show I doesn't make me too impressed with them personally either.

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