This will be a long post as we have not had good cell coverage or Wi-Fi for several days. Since the last post we relaxed for an extra day waiting for perfect conditions to travel 145 miles outside from Cape May to NYC. We started to move up the Hudson River, explored NYC, toured West Point, explored the area around Croton, and continued further north up the Hudson!

We enjoyed a relaxing day in Cape May and continued to explore before pushing off at sunrise for a 145-mile run to New York City.

This was in the harbor at Cape May. Floated by the boat and was almost the size of a basketball.

Cape May’s claim to fame! It seems every town we visit has some claim to fame!

We had ideal conditions for the outside run with calm winds and 1-2′ waves from the south on 6-7 seconds. Could not have asked for better conditions. We did start out with dense fog, and it was a challenge to get out of the channel and into the Atlantic Ocean. Made it out slowly and then it was time to throttle up for the long run.

We pulled into New York Harbor and stayed across the Hudson River at Hudson Point Marina on the Jersy shore. It gave us a great view of the city and we did explore the Jersy side as well.

Don’t remember the name of this little boat but it is a famous little looper boat. Almost didn’t see it in the fog when we left, but the radar showed it just fine.

Going by Atlantic City with the calm seas and no wind.

Arriving into New York Harbor.

Still running hard all the way into the city.

Enjoyed passing The Statue Of Liberty!

Up close and personal. We did not take a tour as you can see the line all the way around her base.

The loop pose for Amy! We did not have a buddy boat so we were unable to get a picture of our boat in front of her.

Have we crossed our wake or not?? Technically we have crossed our wake. We came by here with this boat over 3 years ago when we picked the boat up in Long Island Sound. We are not counting this as our crossing, we will cross our wake in Ephraim sometime in September.

Ellis Island

Hudson Point Marina. If you look closely, you can see the nose of Who Dat sticking out in the middle of the picture!

We had not seen her backside before!

We toured Liberty Landing Park behind Ellis Island and the Statue Of Liberty.

Out on the point across from NYC. We went back that night after sunset to see the city under an almost full moon and lights.

Our marina was about 1/4 mile behind this sign.

It was so clear the city looks like it is glowing.

Almost a full moon above the sign.

My favorite picture of the city with the lights, sunset, and just glowing.

We did not stay and tour the city from Jersy, instead we moved up the Hudson to Croton On Hudson and would spend three nights there so we could explore the city via train and the area up the river.

The George Washington Bridge.

Leaving the city behind as we head up the Hudson.

This was called the Tappan Zee Bridge, but now is called the Mario Cuomo Bridge.

Our home for three nights at Half Moon Bay Marina at Croton On Hudson. We were very well protected but did get some surge when large vessels would go by.

This is a piece of iron from the World Trade Center buildings along the shore at a memorial park in Croton. The park is for all those lost in the attack from the area. A reminder of how far reaching the attack was on the Hudson Valley area.

We took the train from Croton down into NYC, and yes it was before 7am and Amy was smiling.

Grand Central Station. There were no dancers preforming for us like in the movies, but still neat to see. We wanted to see all the sights the city had to offer in one day. This meant a lot of walking on a very hot day.

On the set of the Today Show with Rizzo and two other Yankees players.

All we were missing was the Christmas Tree!

Live concert outside Fox studios by Alana Springsteen.

Now you know we are on the set for Fox and Friends.

It was a great concert.

Times Square was much larger than I expected.

We walked it in the morning, but I was told that if you go at night, you need sunglasses.

It was before 10am and it was very busy. Amy and I don’t miss all the crowds but it was fun people watching.

We walked over to the set for Good Morning America, but they had finished filming and all we saw was Michael Strahan walking out to his car. I was slow with the camera, so you get to miss it too.

The Empire State Building.

The Library was huge.

Even made it into Central Park.

There is a lot of park to walk. We only walked it for about 15 minutes and then had to get going again for our museum tour. The park is huge and was once again very crowded with tourists, locals exercising, and homeless.

One World Trade Center and the 911 Memorial at Ground Zero.

Very impressive Memorial, but also really made you think about this tragic attack on America. It also disturbed Amy and I that so many foreign tourists were running around while smiling and laughing. It almost gave me the impression that they were there to see the dent that the attack put in the armor of The United States.

The North memorial was closed for service, but the south memorial was open and the water was flowing.

The old slurry wall inside the museum. If you have not been to the museum, you need to visit.

What is left of the actual staircase in place from the tower that people were walking down before and during the collapse. It is called the “survivor staircase”.

So many reminders of the loss of life and the true heroes of the day.

I am glad that we visited the 9/11 Museum last, as this really took your breath away and made you think about the attack and what the city and the county went through on that terrible day.

That was a long day of walking in NYC. We both felt like we were able to see everything we wanted to see and then a 45-minute train ride back to Croton and time to get out of the heat.

The next day, Saturday, we rented a car and drove to the gorge area, West Point, and restocked the boat to continue moving north.

The gorge and falls.

It was a beautiful park neat Bear Mountain.

We stopped at this little Italian restaurant just before West Point for a late lunch before our tour.

This is the information center and museum outside of campus. This was a private college that went out of business 30ish years ago and West Point bought the campus to convert it into the visitor information center and museum.

West Point has canons all around the grounds. Several from the Revolutionary war and the Civil War.

These are 13 links from the original chain that was strung across the Hudson River to stop and sink British ships. The fort at West Point is the oldest continually manned fort in the United States. They saved 13 chain links to represent the 13 colonies.

These are just before Monument Point.

Beautiful view from Monument point.

This is the memorial on the point for the civil war. Each canon has the name of a battle from the civil war. It is surrounded by upside down cannons buried in the ground to signify that we will never fight amongst ourselves again!

The parade grounds in front of the barracks. There is a chain around the huge field and only cadets are allowed on the lawn.

Many of the barracks. There are approximately 4400 foreign and domestic students that attend West Point.

Exterior of the new Chapel on campus. This one was built in 1910.

I believe they said it seats 3600. And there is no air conditioning.

Inside the Chapel. This was gorgeous. The stained-glass window panels throughout the Chapel are given from several classes.

The exterior side of the Chapel.

The tour was guided and lasted about 2 hours. After the tour we tried to see the museum back at the visitors center, but they closed just as we arrived.

Then it was back to the boat before some real storms rolled through. The valley was hit by some really strong winds and rain, but we were fine all tucked in at Half Moon Bay.

We got going later Sunday to take advantage of the incoming tide. There is still a 3-4′ tide all the way up here. We pulled out of Croton On Hudson around 9am today and headed up to Kingston, NY.

View of West Point from the water.

Pano from the water.

Continuing up the Hudson. This is the most impressive river we have run to date with such beautiful scenery.

Bannerman Castle on the Hudson.

The oldest wooden lighthouse on the Hudson just south of Kingston.

The channel off the Hudson into Kingston. It was an easy run up the river with the tide the entire way.

We explored Kingston today and will continue up the Hudson to New Baltimore tomorrow. We will spend two nights at Shady Harbor Marina to relax and slow down.

After New Baltimore we head up to Waterford for one night and then up two locks toward Lake Champlain to Mechanicville. We hope to only be there for two nights while CAT looks at the port engine. We are burning more fuel on the port side and the fuel pressure is about 10PSI below the starboard side. Hoping it is nothing major!

Until the next post please have a great week.