The
Hudson River is a beautiful place to travel.
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, once we passed under the George
Washington Bridge the scenery really changed and became very beautiful – today
it was even better. We passed through
the Adirondack Mountains and under the Bear Mountain Bridge. If you hike the Adirondack Trail, you use the
Bear Mountain Bridge to cross the Hudson River.
I took so many pictures today of beautiful mountains, valleys, rock
cliffs, trees and bridges that I will have a hard time deciding which ones to
post. And no matter how good the camera,
the pictures are never as good as being there.
We
motored by the U.S. Military Academy at WestPoint where according to their
mission statement they “educate, train and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that
each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of
Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and
service to the Nation as an officer in the Unites States Army.” If the mission statement isn’t impressive
enough, the campus that can be seen from the Hudson River certainly is. We are looking forward to our “land” tour of
WestPoint on Saturday. We are planning
to stay in Kingston for a few days and rent a car for some touring.
The
scenery continued to be spectacular and we passed many beautiful homes, a few
interesting structures you can only see from the river and a lighthouse or
two. It was another scorching hot day
and we enjoyed the breeze across the boat as we moved up the river. Just before we arrived in Kingston, we got a
call on the radio from Deb and Gary on Foray
(they were passing us – also on their way toward Kingston). The last time we saw Foray was in the St. Johns River, just outside of Jacksonville, FL. Once we were all settled in our slips, the
crews from Boreas, Foray and Something Special headed for dinner and enjoyed catching up on
everyone’s recent adventures.
Miles: 49.3 Bridges: 5 Locks: 0
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| the trip along the Hudson River is beatuiful even in the haze |
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there are train tracks on both sides of the river - the passenger trains seem
to use the east side while the freight trains use the tracks on the west |
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the Bear Mountain Bridge - if you are hiking the Adirondack Trail, you use
this bridge to cross the Hudson River |
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| a small waterfall flowing into the Hudson River |
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| one of our first views of WestPoint |
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| WestPoint |
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if you look closely, you will see we are reaching "Worlds End" and the
water is over 170 feet deep - pretty amazing depth for a river |
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| the mountains are absolutely beautiful |
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Bannerman's Island where between 1900 and 1918, Frank Bannerman built
a replica of a medieval castle - the castle burned in 1967 |
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| the main building on campus at the Culinary Institute of America |
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| you can just see the top of the Vanderbilt Mansion from the river |
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| Esopus Meadows Lighthouse |
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| Rondout Creek Leading Lighthouse |
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