Our plan was to cruise up the Hudson River to Cold Springs, NY. We really liked the village of Cold Springs and our original plan was to anchor there and visit West Point the next day. Cruising the Hudson is one of Lynn’s favorites - it’s so beautiful - both bucolic and historic. But we weren’t expecting it to be as windy as it was. The wind was gusting up to 30 knots. Fortunately, it was out of the north so it wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t great. Because we were heading north and into the wind we were hobby-horsing the whole way.
We originally planned to go all the way to Cold Springs on the east side of the Hudson. But due to the need to find an anchorage with protection from the north wind we decided to anchor off of Bear Mountain on the west side of the river which provided better protection from the wind. It was also on the same side of the river as West Point which we wanted to visit the next morning. What is tricky about anchoring on the Hudson is that the depths can drop from over 70 feet to 3 feet in 150 feet. But we found a gorgeous anchorage at the foot of Bear Mountain next to the state park.
We took the dinghy over to the park the park to explore. It’s a huge and beautiful park and the Appalachian Trail goes right through it. We met a few hikers including a young woman who was hiking it alone. She had started in February in Georgia and was planning to go all the way to Maine. She was extremely engaging, energetic and of course, very fit! What an incredible commitment!
The park had miles of hiking trails, picnic areas, a carousel, a little zoo with bears and foxes, and an amazing lodge.
After our own short hike and exploration we settled on board Zendo for a quiet and relaxing evening.
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