New York City and Beyond

When people would ask us where we were going on our LOOP adventure, we would always say we are going up the East coast and turning left at the Statue of Liberty.  Now that we are past the statue, I can say we were wrong.  Actually, coming up the East coast or from the Atlantic you need to turn left at Staten Island.  Anyway , we made the turn and passed the Statue of Liberty at 9:45 this morning.  Lots of ferry traffic, barges and container ships and right in the middle of possibly the busiest river in the world were two 16" fishing boats.  We reminisced about the last time we were in New York City.  Just a couple of lovebirds on a whirlwind tour of the city.  We're still a couple of lovebirds and still made a whirlwind trip through the city, only this time it was on the water. We continued at our usual 6mph and passed Manhattan, The Bronx and soon past the island itself.  Soon the landscape started changing and it looked more like Tennessee.Hills on the Jersey side and trees on the New York side.  Thirty miles up the river and you would think you were back home.  We passed Sing-Sing prison at 2:30pm and found our marina for the evening just a few miles away.  Not long after we got the boat in its slip it started raining and has been pretty steady since.  Weather permitting we will travel to Poughkeepsie tomorrow and prepare Lifestyle to be left alone for a while so we can drive back to M'boro and be home for the fourth.  We'll keep you posted.