Sunday 16 – NYC to Newburg

Early start to catch the tide at the Battery, then the tide was late, only got rolling about 10 am.

Started at Ground Zero

Then up past the marine terminals where there is a waterfront museum, a WW2 carrier, the USS Intrepid and next to it a retired Concorde.

Once we got rolling, quickly passed under the Washington Bridges (George and Martha) then past the Pallisades

Through the Tappan Zee Bridge and into the Tappan Zee

And on up the Hudson to the town of Osinging (renamed to dissociate itself from this place, Sing Sing the prison.

After a few miles, under Bear Mountain Bridge

Where the Hudson pierces the Appalachian Mountains, just a note about Bear Mountain Gap, the Americans, during the war of independence linked a chain across the river here to stop the British attacking Northward via the Hudson.  The Royal Navy stole the chain and took it to Gibraltar where they used it for a similar purpose.

Finally about 4 pm past West Point,which was built as a fortress largely in response to the chain incident mentioned earlier.  Strange to think the first class to graduate was almost 200 years ago.

 A mile or so upstream we are into Newburg on the Western bank.

More Tomorrow.