June 30 – July 1-2, 2017 Friday – Sunday
Rick’s phone died, buried at sea, and we are waiting for delivery of his new phone. Since we will be here for at least a week we have rented a car and are enjoying the rich heritage of the area.
New Croton Dam which has a stunning spillway that is part artificial and part natural. Built in the late 1800’s, the dam supplies New York City 19 billion gallons of water, about three percent of New York City water system’s total storage and provides the public access to a beautiful park and hiking trail.
USN Blue Angels soar the skies at the New York Air Show, an amazing event. On our way home we visited West Point, the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States. We were astonished by the beauty of the buildings and scenery. At Trophy Point, a scenic overlook of the Hudson River, there is a collection of cannons that were captured from early American history wars and pieces of the huge chain stretched across the Hudson to prevent British Ships from continuing further up the Hudson. This is where Benedict Arnold, at the time commander of the fortifications at West Point, betrayed his country and rowed out to a British warship to defect.
