Half Moon Bay to Rondout Creek, New York

After our visit to Boston and Staunton's visit to the boat we moved upriver to Rondout Creek.

On the way, we traveled past West Point Academy. It was very impressive from the water. We did not land and visit as we did at the Naval Academy. We were surprised to meet large ships and see the lighthouses right in the middle of the upper Hudson River.

Rondout Creek was a good stop for us. It allowed us to catch up with a few other loopers and Jan visited the Vanderbilt Mansion with some of them. We had a very aggressive bicycle ride up and down the hills in Kingston and Port Ewen, New York. Rondout Creek was annexed by Kingston some time ago and is no longer it own town. There was an area with five churches in about a four block area. We found the downtown area of Rondout Creek very depressing. Except for a few restaurants near the waterfront the rest of the town was vacant. The maritime museum wasn't open while we were there. Port Ewen and the Kingston area above the hill were better. Port Ewen had miniature tug boats around the town all decorated differently. They must have had a contest or something. Several were very cute. After a couple of days it was time to move on again, up the river.

A view of West Point.

More of West Point.

We passed this ship in the narrow upper Hudson River.

One if the lighthouses  in the upper Hudson River

This lighthouse was at the entrance of Rondout Creek.

This is a view from Navigator looking at the bridge we rode across with our bicycles.

These are VERY steep hills for bicycle riding.

Looking across the bridge into Rondout Creek, the town.

Notice the church steeples.

I guess you could call this the house built on a rock.

The Vanderbilt Mansion.

Inside the Vanderbilt Mansion.

Another inside view of the Vanderbilt Mansion.

This ship came in one rainy morning for fuel and a pump out.

It is a replica of the first sailing ship made in America.

All the previous ships that arrived here were built elsewhere.

The ornate bow of Onrust.

The stern of Onrust.

This photo is self explaining of a PT Boat.

Another PT boat for the museum.

Tug boats in Port Ewen, there were lots of them.