John Burroughs, Living Green Long Ago in Ulster County

Even with the cost of gas higher than a 737 I cannot help going for rambling afternoon rides. Today we visited the retreat of naturalist John Burroughs named Slabsides, a small cabin left pretty much as Burroughs had it. For the last 20 years of his life he came here to write and be amidst nature. In his guest book are the names John Muir, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Teddy Roosevelt. From 1897 to 1921 John had his own Green Movement going at Slabsides, just 8 miles from my own little retreat here in Ulster County.