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 fo...