Day 284, May 24th, 2010
Another short day! We left at 7:00 so we could use the tide to help us up river. Left Pollepel with clouds hanging over the mountain peaks. Once we came around the West side of Pollepel we could really see the castle at its best. Quite the site. It must have been amazing in its day.
It was a quiet day again as we moved up the river. Couldn't use the sails at all as the wind was on the nose. The sun came out close to noon, as we arrived at Kingston. Kingston used to be the capital city of the State of New York. We had intended to anchor at the end of Rondout Creek but instead took a spot on the dock outside the Museum. We walked into town and had lunch at a nice Italian restaurant, picked up some milk and came back to the boat to use the Wifi!
Tomorrow we'll head to Castleton-on-Hudson, where we'll rent their crane to take the mast down.
Its been an amazing few days. We'd felt so despondent last week with all the problems. We'd even thought we might have to truck the boat home. We were worried about the engine, getting back home for Graham and Sheri's wedding etc. etc. Now, here we are again after making such amazing headway. The engine seems okay. We're back on schedule and keeping our fingers crossed our luck will hold. We'd originally planned on going up to Ottawa on the Rideau before returning home to Collingwood, but now we're thinking we'll go straight home. Its like we're a couple of homing pigeons and can think of only one thing!!!
Another short day! We left at 7:00 so we could use the tide to help us up river. Left Pollepel with clouds hanging over the mountain peaks. Once we came around the West side of Pollepel we could really see the castle at its best. Quite the site. It must have been amazing in its day.
It was a quiet day again as we moved up the river. Couldn't use the sails at all as the wind was on the nose. The sun came out close to noon, as we arrived at Kingston. Kingston used to be the capital city of the State of New York. We had intended to anchor at the end of Rondout Creek but instead took a spot on the dock outside the Museum. We walked into town and had lunch at a nice Italian restaurant, picked up some milk and came back to the boat to use the Wifi!
Tomorrow we'll head to Castleton-on-Hudson, where we'll rent their crane to take the mast down.
Its been an amazing few days. We'd felt so despondent last week with all the problems. We'd even thought we might have to truck the boat home. We were worried about the engine, getting back home for Graham and Sheri's wedding etc. etc. Now, here we are again after making such amazing headway. The engine seems okay. We're back on schedule and keeping our fingers crossed our luck will hold. We'd originally planned on going up to Ottawa on the Rideau before returning home to Collingwood, but now we're thinking we'll go straight home. Its like we're a couple of homing pigeons and can think of only one thing!!!
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