Friday, August 19

After rockin' and rollin' most of the night (south winds hit us on the open wall) we woke to warm sunshine and left Newburgh at 8:20.    Just a few miles away was West Point - oh my, sooo impressive...
West Point Academy

This is absolutely gorgeous country with so many mountains, hills, etc....

Just one of many awesome views heading towards NYC
Palisades (tall rugged cliffs)
1 World Trade Center (tall building with cranes on top)   When completed, it will be the tallest building in the US (1,776 feet) and tallest office building in the world.    It was formerly called Freedom Tower and will be completed in late 2013.    Philip also pointed out approximately where Captain Sully safely landed US Air flight 1549 on January 15, 2009
Lady Liberty....sooo proud to be an American!

We arrived at the Lincoln Harbor Yacht Club in Weehawken, NJ  this afternoon (67 miles).    We got a map and took off for downtown Hoboken where we were told was "thee" place to be!
Stopped for drinks at Helmer's (long-time German restaurant in Hoboken)
Great dinner (recommended by Iris at the marina - "East LA")
Mexican fare - not sure how the name came to be? 
Washington Street in Hoboken - sooo many neat buildings, restaurants, shops, etc. (15 blocks of fun)
We had an unbelievable storm - just back to the boat and it was sooo dark and the heavens let loose with heavy rain, wind, lightning, thunder.....the whole shebang!   

More highlights from yesterday...

FDR's Home in Hyde Park
Eleanor Roosevelt's rose garden (and other pretties)
The Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park (one of 43 Vanderbilt homes around the country with this one being the smallest and the Biltmore in Asheville, NC, the largest)

Annette and Philip with another view of the Vanderbilt as seen from the water

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Pat: So glad you got to see West Point. We were there several years ago and it is an impressive place and so picturesque up on that bluff overlooking the Hudson. We drove all the way up from Jersey City, NJ (right next to Hoboken) on a lovely drive along the Hudson. You know that Frank Sinatra is from Hoboken and I believe Michael and Brooke explored there when we were in NYC with the Bliss reunion eight years ago. Love, love upstate New York. Lake George and Lake Champlain are really nice areas too. Have fun in the Big Apple. JudyB