Loop Dreams

Loop Dreams

Thursday, May 30, 2013

May 29th,  Left Half Moon Bay to anchor in Esopus Creek 

Time to move on to our next adventure.  We traveled to Esopus Creek, near Saugerties which was 68 miles away.   Many sites along the way included West Point and Bannerman Castle.
The anchorage was skinny but quiet until an evening storm blew in.
With our inoperable windlass  we were depending on a small anchor and it broke loose with the wind.  That is when it got exciting.  Ken turned on the engine and made sure Loop Dreams did not run into either bank dotted by homes and private docks.  I had to pull up the anchor in the storm with lightning and pouring rain while the sirens were blaring...tornado warning!!  We had no where to go, but sit out the storm.  After fighting the storm for about an hour the creek calmed and we threw out the anchor again.  We woke up to fog the next morning, and thankful we survived that adventure.

West Point

West Point

"Beat Air Force" was written on one side of the gym's roof and on the other side it read "Sink Navy"!
Canadian Boat taking in the sites.

Pollepel Island is about a 1000 feet from the eastern shore of Hudson River . It is about 6.5 acres and most of it is rock.
The principal feature on the island is Bannerman's Castle, an abandoned military surplus warehouse.

 
Bannerman's  Castle was built in 1901.
 
Esopus Meadows Lighthouse on the Hudson
Saugerties Lighthouse at the mouth of Esopus creek was built in 1869 and currently
used as a bed and breakfast inn. 
May 28, Hyde Park



FDR Summer Home
FDR grounds
FDR grave site
Vanderbilt spring and fall home
Vanderbilt foyer

Study
Culinary Institute of America
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
May 27, West Point








Hudson River in the back ground.  We will be cruising this leg of the river in a few days.
West Point
Chapel

Pipe organ
West Point Protestant Chapel
Cannons at West Point
Civil War Monument
West Point grounds
West Point Museum
Fat Man Atomic bomb shell in back ground.




Wednesday, May 29, 2013

May 26, New York Tour



New York sky line from a water taxi
Firemen Tribute
Brooklyn Bridge
Wall Street Bull

Rockefeller Square

John Lennon's apartment
Strawberry Hill in Central Park
Freedom Tower the old and the new


 

May 26, New York tour of World Trade Center Memorial





World Trade Center Memorial
Ground Zero

Freedom Tower overlooking Ground Zero
Pear Tree that survived 9/11
May 25, New York



Grand Central Terminal

Tomes Square
Lego Spaceship in background
New York Cowboy