A Stellar Day

AWESOME,AWESOME,AWESOME....

                                   

Yesterday was a long but fabulous day!  We left Silver Lake at 7:30am and did the next 10 miles of the Jersey ICW without incident. Houses on the Jersey Shore are so close together they almost run into each other. Sandy damage was evident just about everywhere. Some lots were completely empty, some houses were falling apart, and I'd say three out of every five were being worked on.  

You could see where the sand from the beach had made mountains in some places and completely washed to the bay side yards in other cases.  What a lot of heartache for the people who live in these lovely homes. You could see in places where the older houses took the hardest hits. The bay side was as bad as the ocean side where we could see.

The ocean side damage got worse the farther north we went.  There were hundreds of crews working on houses and beach damage.  I'd say they're doing an awesome job with such an overwhelming task, trying to get the Jersey shore back on its feet.

                                               Mountain of sand from the ocean

Making our way through the Point Pleasant Canal we saw this bridge.  The center lifts up by cables and then lowers back down the same way.  It was tall enough for us to go under so we didn't get a demonstration.

 One house that was in the right place...on the Point Pleasant Canal there wasn't much storm damage.

Manasquan Shrimp Fleet with the water as shallow as it is it's a wonder they can get out.

We got to the inlet and found the ocean to be much more agreeable today so out we went.  The winds had died down the seas had calmed a bunch and we had a nice ride for the 20 miles north to New York Harbor.

A very unusual breakwater.  It  looked like a big pile of concrete jacks!!

 The following pictures are Ocean Side Sandy damage and the equipment 

working like crazy to put it all back together.

                                  Lighthouse before the Verrazano Bridge

                    The Verrazano Bridge and the entrance to New York Harbor

                     Looks like we're not exporting much this container ship is virtually empty

Our goal was to anchor behind the Statue of Liberty but when we got there it was much to small for our space hogging Tie A Knot....and the tide had just started to come in so we headed north on the Hudson to get a good push up it.  This picture was taken as we came back out from the anchorage.  A disappointment but stuff happens.  By the way the statue is closed for renovations.  So it was only workers out there.  I think it's supposed to reopen July 3rd.

   The Hudson north of the Statue...boats, boats and more boats.  A navigational nightmare!

                    We got a BIG LAUGH out of this sign....not going to happen!!!

 Kayak School on the Hudson downtown NYC

 Water taxi meets tour boat

                        This cathedral was near the George Washington Bridge.  

 Train from the city bustling up the coast...

                               This old girl looked so sad to be out of commission.

                            Ever wondered what that bridge looked like from underneath? 

Sure wish I could remember where this was...

                                  The vista on a hazy day of the Hudson River

 Sing Sing Prison, 
Ossining, N.Y.  

Just north of Ossining is a 'hook ' of land where we are anchored on the recommendation of friends Lawrence & Elaine from S/V Elle & I.  It is a lovely spot and we decided to stay an extra night.  Today we walked into town from Half Moon Bay Marina where we met another boater from  Sarnia, Canada. After talking to him for a few minutes he said he had kept his boat two years ago at the marina in Algonac that Gary's Dad, Bub, used to own.  Small world. He let us tie our dinghy up behind his boat and showed us how to get into town.  We had lunch at the 'Croton Deli' picked up some needed supplies. 

Our beautiful sunset last night at Croton-On-Hudson anchorage.

Time for some R&R, but tomorrow is another day....