If you haven't already been here, I suggest visiting a couple places in my neck of the woods. Lake Minnewaska State Park near New Paltz, NY, is a dog friendly (with lead) place to visit, swim, hike, mountain bike or ride horses. When you get done with your day there drive down the hill to the Guilded Otter Brewery for dinner and a cold one or two.
http://www.gildedotter.com/splash.htmIf you go during the second week of June, the mountain laurel are out(I post as gunx there):
http://www.lakeminnewaska.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=114If you go in mid August you can pick blueberries and/or huckleberries all day. The views in Minnewaska are amazing (waterfalls, sheer cliffs,etc):
