Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Sharing the Hudson River with Friends


Finally passed the last lock for this season and reached the tidal Hudson on our run south. This is our first trip south and surprisingly things do look different heading down river.  The traffic has mostly been interesting and not congested – probably because the mornings have cooled off to “boot” temps for anchor washing. 













In Croton on Hudson we welcomed Robbie and Brian for a day on the water.  They got up at the crack of dawn to train up for the ride back down into NYC.  This entailed a brisk walk from the train, a bumpy dink ride out to the boat and 5 hours floating down with increasing clouds developing into a persistent drizzle – ok downpour – about the time we pulled into the 79th Street Boat Basin.  This handy location is close enough for our mutual friend Haven to join us as well – a special treat since we haven’t seen these young professionals for several years.  They are all contemporaries of our kids so it is especially invigorating and impressive to hear what they have been doing – making us feel rather lazy with their energy and creativity.  It is a privilege to spend time with such fine young adults, and we are grateful they made time for us. Thankfully even though the temps were “brisk” the rain stopped before they all had to leave us.











Sunday promised to be sunny if not warm and calm and brought another couple of longtime friends – Steve and Irene who also drove hours to spend a few minutes with us as we passed by their territory. Again, we are truly grateful to have friends who find time in their busy lives to meet us as we live this erratic and perpetual motion lifestyle. (Due to a promising but short weather window – we could not afford to linger in the Big Apple this trip….. so after lunch in the Boat Basin we headed out into the Atlantic!)



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