It's been an interesting week since we last posted. We left Lock 3 and proceeded to the Federal Lock. This was the bottleneck for our journey the last two weeks. The Lock was full of debris but we made it through without incident and journeyed down the mighty, muddy Hudson to the Castleton Boat Club where we spent the night, pumped out and fueled up. On Weds, Sept 14th we continued downriver to Riverview Marine Services where we spent the next three days getting our mast up, tuning the rig and re-installing the sails. On Saturday the 17th, we left for the Poughkeepsie Yacht Club where we spent two days. On Saturday evening, we saw our close friends Chris and Sandy Taylor and had dinner at the Hyde Park Brew Pub. They specialized in German food that was delicious. Great food, great friends, great town.
On Monday, we decided to make the big push to Croton-on-Hudson, about 41nm downstream. We called this the Kodak leg of the trip. It was very scenic from beginning to end. We will stay here at the Half Moon Bay Marina, for three days. The marina is adjacent to the Metro North line and we can take the train to NYC in about 45 minutes for $6 each way (that's the senior rate. Gawd, I'm turning into my mother). Right now it is raining but tomorrow (Weds.) it should be nicer. We'll go to the city then. Today, we'll try to get caught up on emails, cleaning, laundry and hair cuts. WiFi has been the big challenge on this trip. There are not very many hot spots and even those are not so hot. 3g Mobile is okay but can get expensive. We still have some figurating to do on that topic. Below are some photos of the journey from Poughkeepsie to Croton.
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Sunrise over the Monastery overlooking the Poughkeepsie
Yacht Club and our friend's boat Amuleto |
The Culinary Institute over looking the Hudson River
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The Coast Guard is resetting all of the navigational aids.
Without them, we are lost. |
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| A beauty shot of the Hudson |
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| Another beauty shot on the Hudson |
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| Magnificent West Pint |
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| The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge near my ancestral home |
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Castle ruins on an island south of Newburgh. Anyone
know what this is?? |
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| The Bear Mountain Bridge, also near my ancestral home |
So glad to hear you're moving south again. We are on the Erie Canal on board Island Rhumb a 37' cruising catamaran with our friends John & Darlene. We'll be taking the detour up the Oswego Canal across Lake Ontario to Montreal and then across Lake Champlain and down the Champlain canal system. We'll be with them to NCY and then fly home from there. Pray for an Indian Summer!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's Bannerman Castle - an arsenal built on Bannerman Island that's best known for it's unique architecture and the boring history during the walking tour. One of the better photo opps on the Hudson. Safe travels...anchors aweigh! Scevola
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