Hudson River

Cameron and Alexis flew home yesterday, and I am on the boat at the Shady Harbor Marina in New Baltimore, NY.  New Baltimore is a small village, and about 20 minutes by car to the Albany airport.  I have a list of boat chores to do until Alexis returns.  There is not much in New Baltimore, so I am thankful there are a few fellow Loopers here to keep me company.  The trip up the Hudson has been spectacular!  The river runs through the Catskill Mountains, and there are small villages along the way that go out of their way to please boaters.  The boating season here is only about three months, so they make the best of it.  When Alexis returns, we are a few miles from the entrance to the Erie Canal, and we will begin our journey to Canada.

At anchor-Hook Mountain.  

Cameron is on her way to becoming a skilled skipper!  

Sing Sing prison.  I guess the politicians get the rooms with a view?  

Entering the Catskills.  In the background is the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, site of the Irving short story.  

Trains run on both sides of the Hudson bearing commuters to and from NYC.  

West Point Military Academy, and home to Benedict Arnold, for a while.  

An Abbey atop a hill on the Hudson.  

One of the many Hudson lighthouses.  

There are a few nice homes on the banks, but the area is largely rural.  

Also, there is commercial traffic to Albany.  Note how the barge has a key-way that the tug fit into.  Is this  a Hudson thing?  

Kingston, NY.

We stayed two nights at the Kingston Maritime Museum's dock.  A nice stop.  

This Kingston church is for sale.  The recession hit these small towns hard.  The locals really appreciate our business, and went out of their way to make our stay pleasurable.  

Roundout Creek.

We took a car trip to the FDR library and museum in Hyde Park, NY.  Really interesting.  

Cameron and I took a dinghy trip up Roundout Creek until we came to these rapids.  

Cameron was adept at meeting fellow Loopers.  This is MV In My Element.

MV Daybreak.