We took off by 7 a.m. in rainy and foggy weather. As we left Kingston’s harbor we started off on the flybridge and cruised past the lighthouse but soon we were all below in the warm saloon where we spent most of the day.
Lynn made a hot breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast using a dry frying pan because we don’t have a toaster onboard.
We didn’t get to enjoy the beautiful scenery along the Hudson but we did manage to discern some of the more noteworthy structures such as the Vanderbilt mansion. We arrived in Poughkeepsie and found a little municipal dock where we dropped David off in a location that allowed him to walk a short distance to the train station.
Continuing down the Hudson, there were lots of trains going up and down the tracks that line the riverbanks and we passed the towering cliffs of West Point and World’s End.
As we entered a wider part of the river the waters kicked up and we had a pretty rocky ride which caused Georgio to be a very unhappy camper! Eventually the waters settled down and we cruised more comfortably.
Since we were on the Erie Canal, Jonny had planned to get fuel at Haverstraw Bay Marina which had the cheapest diesel prices anywhere. As we neared Haverstraw Bay, Jonny phoned to tell them of our imminent arrival. To his dismay, they told him their pumps were down and might be open by 9 the next morning. It was only 1 p.m. and we weren’t inclined to stop cruising. Jonny got on the phone to call a bunch of marinas to find the second best fuel prices. After extended discussions of which place to choose and to avoid going hours out of our way, we chose a marina in Ossining, NY. We stopped to fuel up and then headed to the other side of the river and down to Nyack where there was a large mooring field and a place to anchor. As always, we love seeing the type of catboat that we used to own.
If the weather had been better, we would have dinghied in to Nyack which is a very pretty town with lots of shops and restaurants. But we just wanted to stay warm and cozy inside Zendo.
Lynn headed to the galley where she made a big pot of lentil soup and prepared a dinner of leftover rotisserie chicken, green beans and fingering potatoes.
The anchorage, just north of the Tappan Zee bridge, which we thought was fairly well protected turned out to be surprisingly rocky. We had poor television reception, which also surprised us so we couldn’t watch Lynn’s favorite PBS News Hour. Instead, we spent the evening reading and updating the blog and going to bed early so we could get started by sunrise the next morning.
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