P'keepsie to Coeyman's, Hudson River Aug 20, 2012

Today, we wait for the tide that will continue to power us up the Hudson. Tide will be about 10:30 am.

The fog settled in amongst the mountains like tendrils. Slowly encompassing the the river.  Not a morning to be trying to travel early. A good morning to be enjoying the mist. It completely covers us, so that we lose perspective. Then slowly it dissipates.  An experience best viewed while tied safely to a dock. Memories of the Mississippi.

75 miles from New York, morning scullers in fog

 There were scullers out for their morning constitutional. I have a picture of them coming out of the mist.

We had a relaxing morning while we waited for the tide. I cleaned some of the stainless steel stanchions and hand rails. It doesn't take long for that salt water to begin its work at rusting. Today is the day that Deja Vu will have seen the last of salt water and will begin her fresh water life. Peter had some time to read some of his book. Up until now it seems like every spare minute he had was devoted to boat maintenance or repair.

Slack tide arrived and we were off. About 1 hour out, the tide picked up and we began picking up speed. As the river narrowed, the current was stronger. Again we travelled close to 9 knots for most of the day, with spikes to 10 knots. It is hard to believe that while we are more than 100 miles from the ocean, there is still a tidal effect. Part of the reason is probably that technically the Hudson River is not a river but an estuary. This will be our last day to experience tide and currents.

Looks like he has his own boat. Nature mimicking humans.

The Hudson narrows as we proceed.  Water depths are good in the channel. There are a number of very unique styled lighthouses, we are overtaken with freighter, met a couple of barges, and saw some bald eagles. Then there was a crane sitting on the front of a sizeable log floating down the river. It looked so funny. As if he was piloting the log.

This is one of the aids to navigation on the Hudson. Notice the green window coverings. Yes, it is on the green side of the river.

We decided to call it a day and stay at Shady Harbor Marina, in the New Baltimore Coeyman's area, about 10 miles south of Troy. The dark storm cloud was fast approaching, and we were wondering which would come first, the rain or the marina.  We won, we were in to marina and tied before the rain started. It was only a gentle misty type of rain, nothing to speak of.  We used their courtesy car to go to the grocery store and reprovision. There is a restaurant on the property, so we had dinner there. And it was a very good dinner.

The barge gives some perspective on the size of the lighthouse. But I guess you would have to know just how big a barge can be.

Bob and Linda were telling us that they want to spend more time doing the tourist thing. They have till the end of September before they will return to South Carolina. So they have a month and half before they need to return. They have been such good company, we will miss them. We will travel together until we are through the  5 lock series that you have to do all at once, which may be in next day or so.

And for Michael. How would you like to operate one of these.