We are still in Vestal...We hope to be back on the Mazel Tug by the end of the week...Maybe we'll rent a car and take in some of the sites along the Hudson and in New York City...Still planning on spending the 4th in NYC with cousin Melinda, then heading north (with her aboard)...We'll probably drop her off in Albany so she can take the AMTRAK back to NYC and fly home to Atlanta...Jess (Jamey's Fiance) and Jamey may take care of Chewy for a few weeks so we can really play tourist !!! My other reason for this post was to try and fix the date stamp...This is my fourth attempt...Hope it's more accurate...

We'll try and keep the blog up as we are heading into some non internet country...Till then...

Ralph and Linda

LEAVING CAPE MAY  TO ENJOY AN 11HR DAY IN THE WASHING MACHINE CALLED THE OCEAN...CHEWY EVEN GOT DRAMAMINE











JUST CAN NOT RESIST THE FIRE BOAT









                                                                                         

THESE PICS ARE OF THE SWITZERLAND RACE BOAT IN THE CLIPPER 13-14 AROUND THE WORLD RACE....THEY LEFT FROM LONDON IN SEPT 13 AND HAVE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD AND WILL RETURN TO IRELAND THEN LONDON IN JULY

THERE WERE 12 OF THESE RACERS AT LIBERTY LANDING, CHANGING OUT CREW WHILE GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT LEG....CREW PAID BIG BUCKS PER PERSON TO PARTICIPATE! TOTAL OF 60 CREW PER BOAT.

 ANTIQUE FIRE BOAT IN NYC













USS INTREPID AND MUSEUM.....THINKING THE SPACE SHUTTLE IS IN THE HANGER PART

 The Binghamton is a retired ferryboat that operated from 1905 to 1967 transporting passengers across the Hudson River between Manhattan and Hoboken. She was built for the Hoboken Ferry Company of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad and was designed to carry 986 passengers plus vehicles. Binghamton has been permanently moored at Edgewater, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, since 1971. The US Department of the Interior added her to the National Register of Historic Places on July 9, 1982. Operated as a floating restaurant from 1975 to 2007, the vessel is now closed and awaiting reuse.

The Binghamton is significant as possibly the last surviving steam ferry still afloat built to serve New York Harbor, the birthplace of commercial steam navigation, the birthplace of the double-ended steam ferry, and an area whose development was profoundly shaped by the introduction of vessels of this kind.

TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE

SING SING PRISON IN OSSINING, NY

NEVER KNEW THEY HAD WATERFRONT PROPERTY WITH A VIEW OF THE RIVER







                                                                                   
THIS IS OUR LITTLE BOAT AND THE SKYLINE OF NYC....PHOTO COURTESY OF KAREN MANZO FROM HER OFFICE BUILDING IN NJ

LOVE THE VIEW ESPECIALLY AS HER DAUGHTER GIANNA WAS RIDING WITH US AT THE TIME

ISN'T THE 911 MEMORIAL BUILDING JUST AWESOME?

GIANNA

SORRY MIKE WE LOST YOUR PIC WITH GIANNA BUT ARE SO THANKFUL WE GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU!









CHEWY AND I RELAXED A LOT ON THIS TRIP...CAN YOU TELL!  LOVE TO ALL AS THE MAZEL TUG IS PARKED FOR A MONTH AT HALF MOON BAY LOCATED AT CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR NORTHERN HOME IN VESTAL, NY TO CONTINUE EMPTYING 30 YRS OF STUFF. OF COURSE IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

TO BE CONTINUED AROUND JULY 1ST