It’s a garden bench, and nothing to do with the boat, I know.Actually it is relevant, as I’ve been looking into what to do about the exterior woodwork on Arctic Rose.I know from past experience that varnish, done well, looks beautiful. The trouble is t…
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Going on Vacation
Pam and I are going on vacation. On vacation, you ask? Dave, you don’t work. How can you go on vacation? You’re losing it, dude.Yep, we’re packin’ up the critters in the back of the pick’em up truck an’ we’re headin’ fer u…
Coolish day on the Hudson
The temperatures for the past week and a half (i.e., ever since we got here) have been in the 90s EVERY day. Finally, today (July 9), we had a run up the Hudson from Croton to Poughkeepsie with temperatures in the mid 80s and a light wi…
New York goose bumps
We are anchored out in the harbor at Watch Hill in Rhode Island, after seven fun days with Joe, Julia, Julia’s nephew Brian, and six of their friends, who I can say are our new cruising friends now, but more about that in another blog.We left our ancho…
September Song 2012-07-09 18:41:00
Our first views of New York City. It looks like we are close, but it is still a good distance away. Me, with the lady in the distance.Two beautiful ladies!
September Song 2012-07-09 18:41:00
All I could say was, WOW!We’re getting closer.The new World Trade Center, towering above all the others.This is how it looked from the helm chairs.
September Song 2012-07-09 18:40:00
The Staten Island ferry terminal.South Street SeaportWhat a site!The Empire State Building.
September Song 2012-07-09 18:39:00
The UN.Everything in NY is big. This Pepsi sign is about six stories high.No, that house isn’t on the ground on a hill, with trees etc planted in the yard. It’s on top of about a 20 story building.This is our plotter screen, showing us on the East Rive…
September Song 2012-07-09 18:38:00
The great bridges of New York.
