July 7, 2017 Friday
The Hudson River is tidal from New York Harbor to Troy, NY, 155 miles upriver. The tide was in our favor at 7:53 this morning, so, we were up at sunrise preparing to leave, which included finding the pump-out station. By 7:45, despite the fog and rain, we were ready to continue up the Hudson. We had traveled the area by car and were was looking forward to the views from the river, unfortunately, our visibility was limited. Pulling into Shadow’s Marina I thought I could wile away the rainy hours reading, but as luck would have it, the sun came out and my afternoon of reading turned into a work afternoon. With a little teamwork, we removed all of the barnacles from our dinghy and polished the stainless steel on Andiamo.
It is the weekend and the crazies were out in force by late afternoon. Even though we were in a no-wake zone, they tossed us around as if we were rubber ducky. Objects were flying like crazy, we had to secure our cabin as though we were at sea. Once their playing was over, we enjoyed a lovely evening watching the sunset, the moon rise, and the lights coming on the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Atlantic Bridge. Opened August 25, 1930, this bridge is the oldest bridge over the Hudson River south of Albany.
