Tuesday, June 27, 2017

6/8 thru 6/12/17

Beautiful day for a 57 mile ride on up the Hudson River to Kingston, New York. We will tie up to a rickety dock (it's free as long as we eat at their restaurant; not a problem!) The name is Ole Savannah Southern Table & Bar...........the town is a neat little place on the waterfront and on a steep hill!                                                                                                                                                                                                   The next day is a short 41 mile trip to Shady Harbor Marina. We will be here 4 days, having a stand built to hold our mast (we are too tall with it up to clear the upcoming bridges); also the marina will be having cookouts Saturday and Sunday. There are 17 looper boats here. There is nothing close to the marina to walk to except for a restaurant on site. But they kept us entertained the whole weekend, and the staff were the nicest people.                                                                                                                                                                          Four days later we had a short trip, 25 miles, to Waterford, NY.........We stayed on their town wall without power, so we used the generator when necessary. Walked to an Irish Pub for dinner with the crew of Shell Belle and Seascape.                                                            Tomorrow we will enter Lock #1 of the Erie Canal.
Commuter train

West Point

Helicopters headed to West Point

View of part of WP campus from the water

Interesting.............


Ole Savannah Restaurant


Lighthouse


Lighthouse

CorkScrew 1st on left @ Shady Harbor

Pig Roast @ Shady Harbor

poor pig......................

Steamed clams

Barge and Tow passing by.............

Bruce n Bev, hosting a wine tasting with wines they make



Mast laying down.............

6/5 thru 6/7/17

Heavy fog as we headed up the Hudson River. We discussed waiting because of that (this is one of the major highlights of this trip, getting to see the New York skyline); but decided to go on and make the best of it. The city skyline was not as visible as we would like, but we did get a few pics. The Statue of Liberty was of course our main highlight and our pics were great. The city seems to go on forever, and the scenery is really beautiful.  We traveled 56 miles that day up the river to Half Moon Bay Marina. We rented a car while here and toured the Culinary Institute and West Point. The Culinary Institute was interesting and we ate at one of the 3 main restaurants on their campus. The highlight of this day though was West Point, what an education! The setting, buildings, architecture, design........all of it is absolutely breathtaking and I would encourage anyone
Skyline of Manhattan in fog.....


Tug boats waiting for ship to guide into port

Ship and tug approaching our stern

Lady Liberty

Better view of skyline

Liberty Island, Ellis Island on right

Love this view with our flag!

Commuter train along the shoreline of Hudson River

CorkScrew with Statue behind us.....

History along The Hudson; Sleepy Hollow

Old Mill and house.....17th Century

Home of their famous hot dog

Famous hot dog!!!!!

Culinary Institute dinner 


Old Diamondsides

Culinary Institute

View of river

View of river

Gun barrel

View of river 

13 links from chain used to stop the British invasion

Battle Monument

West Point Campus

Cadet Chapel Organ

Chapel

Stained glass window

Window

Chapel

Monument

Entrance to Campus

View of river
to take a trip there if possible.

Monday, June 26, 2017

5/3 thru 5/11/17

After waiting for those short bridges to be repaired and open, we finally left and headed to Hampton Marina. Been here before, so we know what a great stop this is. It was a long day, 64 miles, lock and several bridges, so we didn't arrive until 7:30......We spent 5 days here but they were very quiet ones, waiting for the weather to change so that we can travel on.
It was still windy the morning we left but much more bearable. We traveled 65 miles to an anchorage in Mill Creek off Ingram Bay. There wasn't much wind but because of direction it was very rough; 5-6' waves. Tomorrow needs to be much better!!!
Up early and left @ first light for an 83 mile ride to Cambridge, Md. This is where we had new electronics put on the boat one year ago, and now we are having a couple things adjusted. We stayed here a couple days for that, but did nothing else. There seem to be a lot of days like that. 
Let me clarify the last statement.......when I say "we did nothing else", that means we didn't go anywhere. We do plenty......actually I believe there is much more to do on this boat than there was at our house. Nuff said. 
The next morning we will head to Rock Hall Landing & Marina, traveling 57 miles and it ends up a very cold and rainy day. We wanted to go into their little town, but raining so much we decided not to. 

Norfolk, Va

Marena in Hampton, Va

Six boats of us "loopers" in Hampton

Our favorite mexican restaurant in Hampton (found on a shopping day to mall)

Theatre w/bar and dinner served during movie.....

Sunset in Ingram Bay

Ships are a common sight

Chesapeake Bay Bridge