Episode 23 - Vacation Valley with Chris Van Kleeck

Welcome to episode 23 of Inside The Line: The Catskills! Most of time when you are driving throughout the Catskills, you can't help but wonder what once existed in some places. On this episode, I am joined with WInnisook historian Chris Van Kleeck and we take a deep dive into a place once called Vacation Valley. Vacation Valley was located in the Big Indian/Oliverea area below Slide and Panther Mountain and was a destination for people to escape the city life for vacation in the early 1900's throughout the 1960's. Chris shares his knowledge of the area and also how he dug up so much information about this once thriving place. The movie he made is located on Youtube. Check it out! Thanks for listening! Subscribe on any platform! Share! Donate! Do whatever you want! I'm just glad you're listening! Big thank you to all who have donated. This money is not being used for profit. At the end of my one year anniversary with the podcast, it will be donated to a local organization in the Catskills! Thank you once again! Links for the Podcast: https://linktr.ee/ISLCatskillsPodcast Link for Chris's movie "Vacation Valley" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04qdmincylc Thank you to our sponsor Scenic Route Guiding!! https://adventurewiththescenicroute.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thescenicrouteguiding/ https://www.instagram.com/thescenicrouteguiding/ #catskillshiking #catskillmountains #catskillspodcast #catskills #catskillpark #3500 #3500club #sar #vacationvalley #podcast #catskillshiker #hikesafe #searchandrescue #volunteers #hikeny #hikenewyork #hiketheeast #ilovenewyork #outdooradventures #neverstopexploring #hikingadventures #mountaintherapy #catskillmountainsnewyork #visitcatskills #explorethecatskills #catskillslove #ilovenewyork #neverstopexploring