Waterford, NY

We had a good cruise from Cape May to Atlantic City, NJ. We secured all the cabinets and items that could fall over. We did not know how the seas would be on the Ocean since NOAA has misinformed us in the past on wave and wind information. Since wind would be out of the east, we took a route close to shore. We arrived at our anchorage early and relaxed except for the wave action of passing vessels pulling tubers or waterskiers. It was the weekend afterall.

It was on to Sandy Hook, NJ, the following day. Again we had a nice run up the coast. However, it was a long run. We had left Atlantic City very early in the morning and arrived at our anchorage in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, very late afternoon. We decided to stay a few days after having put in some long cruising days. Put down the dink and went to town for lunch and a walk around town.

The cruise through NY Harbor is impressive no matter how many times we see it. We can never resist taking pictures of the Statute of Liberty. Unfortunately, there was too much haze over the NY skyline to get good pictures.

It was then on to the Hudson River. Most of the scenery through the Hudson River Valley is awsome. This year we stopped at the Poughkeepsie Yacht Club (which is not in Poughkeepsie at all but 7 miles north) so we could visit with cousins Judi and PJ. They were great tour guides. We went to the FDR estate at Hyde Park, climbed a mountain trail to get a beautiful view of the Hudson River Valley and had some great meals out and at Judi and PJ's house.

We have already gone through one lock, the Troy Federal Lock, and are in Waterford, NY. We will be here a few days waiting for our mail to be delivered at the local post office. It is hot and we are lucky to have electricity at this dock to run the AC. The first 48 hours at this dock are free and then it is $10/day. Can't be that. Did some grocery shopping. The store is only about 1/2 mile away. They let customers who are staying at the dock take their purchases back in their grocery carts. As we were walking back to the dock pushing the cart, I wondered if we didn't look like homeless people.