Hudson Highlands (Day 65-66)

-

So exciting to have our first guests on the Loop. Duke and Donna are longtime sailors we met in New Bern over the winter.  They were a great help as we navigated up the Hudson River and learned how to maneuver the locks ( next blog.) This is us at Trophy Point where Mike was our personal tour guide on campus.
But first some photos from Day 1 with the new crew. We decided to leave Half Moon Bay Marina because we couldn’t get a rental car and we really wanted to show our friends West Point.
Mike had gone on a field trip to this nuclear power plant while a cadet at West Point. It brought back memories. We saw this really cool retired fire boat at the fuel dock.  This was one of the many NYFD vessels to rescue passengers off the plane that went down in the Hudson. We were told they also we’re working the river on 9/11. 


Even though it was a cloudy day, the trip upriver was beautiful. You can see why the Hudson River school of painting style developed.
Brought back memories for both of us as we passed flirtation walk where Mike kissed me for the very first time.
The Cadet Chapel is an excellent example of Military Gothic architecture and was built in 1908-1910. You can read more about it here.
The windows were begun in 1911 but the side windows have been donated by classes over the years.
The organ is also a memorial gift that has been added to over the years and is now the largest church organ in the world.
Across the river from West Point is Bannerman Castle. Located on Pollepel Island, it was constructed as a storage facility for a weapons dealer. It surprisingly blew up before it was completed.
Newburgh was a rock and roll  marina so we left after our West Point tour and headed up river to Poughkeepsie. It was sure great having help with the lines and the fenders!
Our goal here was to bike ride on the Walkway across the  Hudson.  Unfortunately only Donna and I made the trek as Mike threw out his back getting the bike off the boat.  Donna and I appreciated the magnificent views.  
The guys did get to see the bridge lit up.
Our Journey 
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:”
‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭4:9‬ ‭NIV‬‬



 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sandestin Resort Florida (Days 162-210)

-
Image
  Here we are at the Marina Grill at the Baytowne Marina for what we believe will be a 6 week rest. Along the way we were accompanied by numerous dolphins as we are discovering, they love to surf in our wake. I did not get the best video because the Blue Angles surprised us coming out of formation right above the boat.  I grabbed my camera and caught them making their final approach.  They had been out of town and were just returning to Pensacola Naval Air Station. As soon as we arrived at the marina, Mike rinsed the boat with fresh water given several days with it in the salt air. To our delight, the marina had our golf cart waiting for us at the dock. Unfortunately, it was much colder there than we thought it would be. Some Looper friends, Jaleen and Hunter, from Catniss joined us for one night, but left early for an unexpected weather window to cross the Gulf. For Thanksgiving we took the golf cart to the beach and walked along the gulf to the Surf Hut.  It was co...
Read more

Key West/ Boca Chica First Days(Days 238-243)

-
Image
We finally arrived in Key West and will be here for a month.  We are expecting quite a few visitors while we are here. The entrance to the harbor was straight and deep Thanks to the Navy carving out the coral for building the runway. These Tarpon were in our slip to greet us.  They are around 4-5 feet long and continued as regular visitors. We headed over to the beach side bar to check it out. And enjoyed our first spectacular sunset. We walked back to the boat and the sky remained beautiful.  Looks as if our daily decision will be sunset from the beach or the boat? We rode our bicycles into Key West on our first full day here. We went to Divers Direct to learn about the Brownie Air system for diving then we went to lunch at the Wharf.  This is where we saw our first Manatee since being in Florida. The Tarpon were also numerous and quite active feeding on the fishermen’s cleaning remains. We were thrilled and honored to greet our friends Jerry and Denice on Nevadatud...
Read more

Getting Ready to Go

-
Image
  The past couple of weeks have seen a flurry of  activity as we seriously get ready for our big looping journey. By ‘we” I mean Mike.  He really can do it all.  He installed a hardwood floor over the winter, but this week he has put to use an amazing number of skills.  He wired a new back up camera, fixed the hot water heater (this one wasn’t on the to do list but went straight to the top), repaired the salon air conditioner by replacing the main circuit board and a whole host of preventative maintenance that I won’t even attempt to list here. We are taking one last trip to visit Lindsay’s family for Easter leaving our car and trailer/garage with her. We leave in 6 days😳
Read more