Saturday 

June 3rd, 2017

Headed out from Staten Island, past the Statue of Liberty and up the Hudson!

This is the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.  When it opened in 1962 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world.  Because of the extreme length, the bridge engineers had to take the curvature of the planet into account in its design.  The tops of the towers are slightly farther apart then the bases.

These have been all pictures of our friends in front of the statue.  When they send us pictures of our boat we will insert them here.

This is Ellis Island.

Looks like a nice party barge in upper Manhattan.

This is the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid.  It is now a Sea, Air and Space Museum.

The George Washington Bridge.  It is a double layer bridge.  It opened in 1931 during the Great Depression.  The lower second deck (known as the "Martha Washington Bridge")  was added 30 years later.

Saturday

June 3, 2017

Yesterday we went shopping at a great Italian grocery store, Frank And Sal's, and then under warm sunny skies we cleaned the boat.  After inexpensive drinks at the Great Kills Yacht Club, we prepared a wonderful pasta meal on the boat.  Fresh baked bread and meatballs with special locally made sauce.  Mmmmm so good!

This morning we woke up and started to prepare for our departure.  Looking at the weather report we saw rain in the picture until 10:30 this morning.  We relaxed and had a cup of coffee.  Heading up the Hudson at 11:00am, if all goes well.