Shady Harbor Marina and north

After a great day of touring Kingston and a great meal we got up on Sunday and once again headed north along the Hudson. After a pretty easy ride on a beautiful day. There were a ton of people out fishing since it was so nice.

We passed a number of light houses on the way, some of them back to the late 1800′s. It was like going back in time. It had helped going to the Maritime Museum in Kingston so we knew what we were looking at.

We pulled into Shady Harbor Marina and were guided in by Brian the owner and two dock hands. It looked like a tight fit, but Brian read the current and wind and we slid in like we had bow thrusters. We were on a brand new dock and our new boat neighbors gave a warm welcome.

It was Mothers Day, we were not sure we would get a space at the Boathouse Grille for a late lunch. They were able to get us in. I had the Mussels Diavolo and Susan had the Margherita Pizza. The Mussles were great and Kathy (the owner) brought extra bread for the sauce.

Monday was our rest day, so we asked about how to get into town. They were nice enough to lend us the “Half Car” to drive into Ravena for supplies. We stocked up at the store and were soon back on the boat for naps.

From the day before we decided to go back to the Boathouse Grill. We ate out on the deck in a very pleasant evening. I went wild and had the deep fried cheeseburger, but dialed some of the grease level back by getting a baked potato instead of fries. Susan went with the Eggplant Towers (slice of eggplant layered with ricotta, pomodoro and mozzarella and beef carpacchio. The burger was good. We were able to talk the waitress into letting us take creme brulee back to the boat, we promised to bring the dish back in the morning. We ate it while we watched MadMen on the computer.

Tuesday we were off to Troy to start the canal. Susan returned our dishes and got a great shot of the boat at sunrise. We loaded up with fuel and water and we were soon off headed north.

The day wasn’t as nice, but there were a lot of fishermen out. We soon came to our first lock. We called it Lock 1 and the Lock master told us, in no uncertain terms that it was the Troy Lock. It’s run by the Federal Government (Army Corps of Engineers) and is NOT part of the New York System. Lesson learned, we then headed to do the last few miles to Waterford.