Galewinds at NYC

We arrived in NYC and spent the evening anchored out behind the Statue of Liberty at Liberty Park in New Jersey. Motoring through the harbor of NYC was interesting and busy with all kinds of commercial vessels. It was quite a different perspective from the water.

Before getting to NYC we had spent a night at the Haverstaw Marina. Haverstraw is my (Larry) home town where I grew up and graduated high school.

The day after Haverstraw, we spent 2 nights in Nyack at the Hook Mountain YC. Another storm with high winds! We were on a morring and rowing the dingy to shore was challanging in the wind and high waves. Nyack is the home town for my father, Chick Hodge.

This is Gale Winds at anchor in Saugerties, a small creek off the Hudson River. We stayed for two days waiting for a storm to pass through. Two days before in Catskill, NY we had our mast stepped at Riverview Marina. While we were there Patience, our youngest daughter, drove in from Connecticut to spend the night with us. It was great having her visit plus she was able to take me for groceries.

The next day we continued on the Hudson River to eventually get to NYC.

Finished Erie Canal

This is us finishing up the Flight of Five, the last locks on the Erie Canal at Waterford, NY. The experience of traveling the Canal and locking through 30 locks was incrediable.

Waterford is where the Erie Canal and the Hudson River intersect. The next morning we enter the Hudson to finish our last lock, the Federal Lock. The only lock maintained by the Army Corp of Engineers. The Erie Canal locks are maintained and operated by the NYS Thruway Authority.

Oneida Lake

As you can see we are still drying out from the rain. We have learned that everything needs to be in plastic and not just food! The sun was shining and it was warm crossing Oneida Lake, a perfect oppurtunity to dry out.

By the time we crossed the Lake, we dried out, swam and witnessed a sailboat race. Not a bad sailing day for mid September!

Oswego Lock

We were anxious for our first lock never having done a lock before. We entered with a boat, Isle of Skye, that took this trip a few years ago. Us being new and them, Laura and Wallace, experienced we took the advice they were willing to offer. They stayed with us for the first three locks and then left us on our own. Isle of Skye, being a trawler, crusied a few knots faster than us. They assured us we would meet up again. We did, that night we tied up on the same wall.

Sunrise at Sodus Bay

Yesterday we motored from BYC to Sodus Bay Yacht Club, an uneventful trip east on Lake Ontario. This morning we got an early start to Oswego so we could beat the storm that was forecast for that afternoon. Can't remeber the last time we saw a sunrise.

We were lucky we did because no sooner than we tied up in Oswego, the skies opened and we got soaked. It took 2 days to dry out!

Starting Out from Brockport

Here we are all loaded down ready to leave! this is our new life and our new home! Two days earlier we sold by auction our home of 28 years and all our belongings collected over many more years. Our worldly possessions now fit into our 30 foot boat and our pickup truck along with our motorcycle that are in storage. It's amazing what you are willing to let go of to capture your dream.