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Soooo much walking!

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                                                                   We left Castleton-on-the-Hudson late Sunday afternoon, so we didn’t venture far.  We dropped the hook for the first time in Schodack Creek. It felt like a quiet secluded spot right up until the train came roaring past just out of sight on the other side of the trees. With Nicks help over the winter in 2021-2022 we rebuilt the anchor windlass, added four additional batteries, and installed a wireless remote control.  Not only does it look great, it now goes up and down at the push of a button. Between the restoration of the windlass, wire, batteries, chain, and switches, it was a$5000 project.   Well worth it if you use it daily! We managed to get moving Monday morning around nine. Deb and I had our breakfast, hauled up the anchor and ...

Plane, Trains, and Automobiles

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After two weeks living on my own, the time had finally arrived for me to fly out to see my boys!  I spent the early morning hours on Saturday moving off of Tribeca, Lincoln and Anna's Hunter that they very generously allowed me to live aboard for the two weeks since the guys left on this grand adventure.  Then I started my journey on the ferry, then the streetcar, arriving at the airport almost two hours ahead of my flight time. I skipped the airport ferry and walked the new underwater tunnel to the terminal. I don't know what I was expecting, but for the $82.5 million price tag I found it extremely underwhelming. Security and check in took about ten minutes, so I had lots of time to sit and read my book while I awaited boarding time. Finally we were called to board. I have only flown on two trips in my life, the last was our Honeymoon to Florida 16 years ago. Both trips were out of Pearson Airport on what I remember being large jets. I was a wee bit worried when I boarded the...

Castleton-on-the-Hudson

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  It was a three hour trip from Waterford, New York to Castleton-on-the-Hudson. Although it was only 20 miles or so, we had to transit one more lock before we entered tidal waters.  The tidal stop for the Hudson River, Lock 1, is located a staggering 154 miles up stream.  It controls the flow of fresh water down the Hudson, and prevents brackish salt water from inundating further north. As we headed south after clearing Lock 1 the shore line was dotted with industry tugs until a few miles outside Albany, the capital of the state of New York.  Not a very sprawling city, it came and went fairly quickly amid all the industry that surround it. We passed our last fuel bunker three or four miles south of Albany, replaced by trees and houses, you soon forget that the highspeed rail line and highway rest just beyond the lush foliage. The landscape continues to change as we sail south, the trees no longer sport their autumn col...