Year 2 Day 88 New York City and up the Hudson River

High Speed Ferry Boat leaving Sandy Hook

The Captain at the helm as we approach NYC

Today is Friday, June 22nd and we are currently in Rondout Creek near Kingston, New York.  What an incredible experience it was cruising through New York City in our boat!  While entering the harbor we had to dodge freighters, high speed ferries, tugs, tankers, freighters, sailing vessels, harbor police, etc.  Fun but nerve wracking at the same time!

Freedom Tower in background

Ferry boat and our friends Ron and Anita

in their boat A Vita

The beautiful Miss Liberty from our boat

Sing Sing Prison

After saying good-bye to the city we headed up the Hudson River where it turned absolutely beautiful.  We elected not to stop and go into the city because we were just there in October and because of my knee, I find it hard to walk for any length of time.  Our first night we spent near Croton-on-Hudson at the Half Moon Bay Marina.  Right before arriving there we passed Sing Sing Prison where I threatened to drop Mike off.

 We left this morning heading north and passed West Point.

West Point

The rest of the cruise this afternoon was wonderful until about 2:00 when a terrible thunderstorm hit and it was the roughest we've ever been in.  There was no visibility from the flybridge at times and the winds were approximately 40-50 mph with heavy thunder and lightening.  We immediately slowed our speed to about 6 knots, turned on our navigation lights, hugged the bank as closely as possible and listened to the VHF radio.  This lasted about 2 hours and we were finally able to enter the channel to the marina where we are now located.

Navigation aid on the Hudson showing

dark sky in background

Entrance to channel - Finally!

Tomorrow we're headed to Waterford, NY to the Waterford Visitors Center where we plan to stay for a couple of days before entering the Erie Canal.