Hudson River Plus

    The Hudson, what a beautiful trip. About 20 miles north of Manhattan this is what you 

     see until your about 10 miles south of Albany. Notice the tunnel just below the bridge.

    Trains run about every hour from freight trains to Amtrak.

    Bear Mountain just outside of West Point.

    The upper Hudson has to rank right up at the top with any area we traveled through

    for absolute beauty. You go from the Catskill Mountains to the Adirondacks.

    Emily and Tim Martin ( Tim's daughter Florence) and their mother Monica. Their father Bill 

    was my best friend growing up and was best man in our wedding and I was best man in 

    he and Monica's.

     Bill passed away in 1985 at 39 years young.We spent the afternoon visiting as 

    we were at a Marina a few miles from their home in Coxsackie.

 

    Anybody need a plastic bag?

    West Point.......213 years old. Notable alumni......Ulysses S Grant, Dwight Eisenhower,

    Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, George Armstrong Custer, Douglas McArthur, and 

    George Patton. Not too shabby!

    Albany.

Oswego and HOME!🏡

    More locks, 31 to be exact. That makes 104 since we left Fair Haven 9 months ago.   

    Straight ahead is a welcome sight, Lake Ontario. This was the last lock on the Erie Canal

    section of the Oswego River.

    Oswego Lighthouse. Left turn and 14 miles on the big lake to home.

    One of our 2 neighbors, Margaret and Tom Hanford shooting off their cannon 

    to welcome us home. On the other side of the bay, Pete Hanford did the same. We then 

    "crossed our wake" after over 5,000 miles on our boat to become officially

     Gold  Loopers.

   An incredible journey circumnavigation the entire eastern half of the U.S. We traveled in 

   rain, sun, high winds, salt water and fresh water and incredible tides. We had a U.S. Navy

   Attack submarine surface on our bow which scared the hell out of us. We met many new 

   friends from all over the country with one common goal, completing the "loop". 

   Highlights........Mackinac Island, traveling right through downtown Chicago, The mighty 

   Mississippi, The 17 hour, overnight crossing of the Gulf of Mexico, The Golf Hall of Fame, 

   Visiting friends in Hilton Head, Charleston (what an incredable city), Georgetown S.C. 

   (a must visit if in South Carolina), Deltaville, VA., Jersey Shore, NYC and the Statue of 

   Liberty, the beauty of the Hudson Valley and finally, our home port, Fair Haven.

Hudson River

   Is anyone on this boat gonna have time to do my nails?

   

     George Washington Bridge. From northern Manhattan to Ft. Lee N.J. Over this 

       bridge pass 102 million cars a year.  Also known as the center of "Bridgegate".

     

   United States Military Academy at West Point, very awesome from the water.

    Bear Mt. From the Hudson River.

    Sunset on the Hudson River from Mills Norrie State Park in Staatsburg N.Y.

New York City!🗽

    Ever since Erin and Bryan lived in New York City, and we visited, we've talked 

     about taking our boat past the Statue of Liberty some day. Well we did it!

    We left Manasquan N.J. On a clear and sunny morning and entered the Atlantic for

    a 4 hour ride to Manhattan. What a thrill to sit in front of the lovely lady and Ellis Island 

    next door. 

    Liberty Landing State Park. Overlooks Manhattan to the east and the Statue of Libert to 

    the south.

    Ellis Island.

    The tall building is the new World Trade Center.

    Staten Island Ferry. They whiz across the waterway with total disregard to any other

    boats that happen to be in the water. 

   Do you think they have enough life jackets? I think NOT!

   Jersey City. We met up with Tim And Jess Hanley (friends of Bryan and Erin for dinner)

     And of course, Owen, who was the hit of the evening.  Sharman and Owen became 

      Fast friends and she found his funny spots.   Boy, he can giggle.

      

     We had a great time meeting up with Tim, Jess,  and Owen along with a great dinner.

       Thank you!  See you the fourth!🎆

Atlantic City 🌆💰

     A little piece of paradise.

    Miles of this.  As many people you can get in a sq. acre as possible.

    Before we reached the casinos these were the surrounding homes.

    

     This guy just purchased the blue building with the ball on top,  just above. He leaves his

      yacht here for the summer for when he visits.

     Beautiful city.

Chesapeake Bay/Weather has been blah

    Since leaving Norfolk Va. And almost running into a USN Submarine we have had 

    crappy weather. It either was cold, rained or was too windy to travel the Cheaspeake.

    We were grounded for three days at Salt Point Marina just outside of Hampton. From 

     there we went to Deltaville Virginia, a nice little town on the Tappahonnock River. It's 

     considered one of the best boating areas on the Chesapeake with at least 20 marinas 

     in a town of 1800 residents. We were grounded there for 2 days because of, you 

     guessed it wind.

    

    Doziers Yacht Harbor, nice marina, 3 courtesy cars so we did a little shopping. Had 

    boat come in after us from Albany NY that we had dinner with back in Myrtle Beach.

    

    Finally, water we can travel on. Take advantage of days like this.

    

    Arrived at Herrington Marina, Fairhaven, Virginia. Today was the start of their annual

    stripper fishing derby. $80,000 in prize money. Believe it or not these guys fish up to

    36 rods at a time. Sharman asked how they keep the lines from getting tangled and

    never really got an answer.

    Unfortunately, picked a spot right next to the sidewalk.

     This poor little duck picked a nesting place right next to the grounds being renovated

      Into a lush outdoor wedding venue.

      

    They turned this wasteland into this fabulous place in the three days, that I was there.

     Delaware City,  cute little port town that heads the Delaware Bay.

     

    An Original lock, no longer in use.  It was built before the current canal

     System which is wider and deeper.

     Newly renovated hotel into office spaces.

     A pretty park by the waterway.

     Extremely strong currents and narrow channel with busy

      Traffic to navigate down 500 yards and pivot turn

       To dock.