We continued down the Hudson today. And it started to rain and the wind blew for the first few hours. Then the wind and rain stopped - until we docked. Oh well.

I used to work in downtown Manhatten in a previous life, so now we are coming to places I have been to before. West Point was interesting. On the roof of the building in the blog photo, it says "Beat Air Force". Roger looked at a Google Earth photo of the building. The other side of the roof says "Beat Navy". They have a nice sailboat moored in the river with "ARMY" emblazoned on the mainsail cover. Seems odd, but there it was.

There are railroad tracks on both sides of the river, since that is the only flat ground around. There are tree covered hills lining both sides of the river. It is beautiful now and must be breathtaking in the fall. What a scenic train ride. The east side carries passenger trains. The west side carries the mile long freight trains. It is amazing to see most of the entire train, instead of watching it pass in front of you, one car at a time.

We plan to spend tomorrow here for another fun day of laundry and chores. We are debating where to stay in New York City for three nights. The choices are a quicker commute to Manhatten, but a more costly commute and $200 a night or more to sleep on your own boat. Or option two: longer, cheaper commute and less than half the price to dock overnight. A savings of $300-400. It is on Staten Island and involves taking the Staten Island ferry. I used to live on Staten Island and commuted to work on the ferry, so that will be very nostalgic. Going back to my very first job out of college.

Tonight is pizza and movie night.