Great Loop: Goodbye NYC & on to Ossining

Days 140-141: June 6-7, 2023

The wildfire smoke had set in while we were at the anchorage by the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The next morning it was worse, and we had a haze that stuck with us. All our photos have an orangish hue because of it. The trip up the beginning of the Hudson River was busy by New York and then calmed down to a nice relaxing afternoon. The destination for the day was Shattemuc Yacht Club in Ossining.

Our last glimpse of Lady Liberty before turning around to head up the Hudson.

Still taking in the sights along the way passing NYC up the Hudson.

Coda playing Frogger with a BIG cruise ship.

Thank you NYC for the great times!

Friends!

We got close enough in the suburbs to meet up with our friends Shwetha & Vikas and their sweet daughter Anika. Shwetha used to work with Tonia and they moved from Seattle for Vikas’ new faculty position a couple years ago. We got to see Shwetha at Amy & Dave’s wedding in April and it was fun to reconnect again over an excellent Greek meal (highly recommend Piato Greek Kitchen). Their family is the sweetest!

Ossining & the Old Croton Aqueduct

We spent a couple days wandering around Ossining. The wildfire smoke was very heavy and thus we only did short stints outside the filtered air of our boats. Our K99 masks came in handy again, unfortunately.

By town there is the Old Croton Aqueduct that was built in the late 1830s to transport water down to New York City. The area is now a park and they’ve built a cool walking trail.