And on the Seventh Day, we Rested

Sunday was a day to do nothing, however that changed because Dottie called her parents in Toms River, NJ and invited them up for a leisurely lunch. Then she also invited her brother John and his family to join us. John said that his wife Peggy and son Johnny were working, but he and their daughter Laurie would take the 1 hour car ride to meet with us and his parents.

At about 1 PM everyone arrived and we sat around and chatted for over two hous. Then it was off the Sunset Cove for cocktails and a restaurant named "Striped Bass" for dinner. Striped Bass is on the marina premises, and it too was a real nice reataurant. In this area on NY, seafood is king, and all reataurants serve huge portions of it.

I had their cold shellfish platter, which  included a whole 1.5lb lobster, 1lb of shrimp, a dozen raw clams and a 1/2 dozen raw oysters. All served "Iced Over"....mmmmmmmmmmm good.
A bit pricey ($44.00) for this dish, but an excellent choice.
Dottie, and my mother in law and father in law all had Seafood Linguine, John and Laurie had Shrimp Appetizers and Giant Diver Scallops, served with a huge salad, which they both shared.

Like Sunset Cove, which is right next door, they too have an outdoor tiki bar and cabana.

Tiki Bar with Live Entertainment

Tomorrow it will be a trip into NYC.....more to follow

Later On...the same day

Although we arrived here at 2PM, by the time we tied up, got our electricity and water hooked up and actually rested, it was 3PM.
I called my friend Jimmy Parisi and invited him and his wife Helene Zeiss Parisi to dinner. They arreived at 7:15 PM and we went to Sunset Cove for dinner....an excellent Mediterranean restaurant. Both Jim and I had their Mediterranean Bouillabaisse  and Helene had a rib-eye steak, while Dottie had an order of ahi tuna.....great NYC style food. We all had a fantastic time together!!

Outdoor Tiki Bar at Sunset Cove Restaurant in Tarrytown, NY

As we were waiting for the valet driver to return the car, I found out that this restaurant serves approx 500 dinners each Saturday and also serves avout 1000 people on Saturdays at their outdoor tiki bars......PHENOMENAL!!
I am llooking forard to the food in the city............

The Beauty and Splendor of the Hudson Valley

We left the dock at 9AM and had a beautiful, and safe trip down the Hudson. It had been almost 40 years since Dottie or myself have traved the Hudson from a boat, and we both kind of forgot how beautiful it is.

Newburgh - Beacon Bridge

We passed under the Beacon Newburgh Bridge at about 10:30AM. Quite a few people pass over this bridge annually, somewhere in the vicinity of 25 million crossings a per year.




Bear Mountain Bridge

 From the Beacon-Newburgh Bridge, we went on to the Bear Mountain Bridge. The Catskill Mountains on our port side and the Palisades Mountains on our starboard side are some of the most beautiful mountains along the eastern seaboard.



West Point from the boat

 





It is still as beautiful as always

 

After passing around West Point, about 45 minutes later, the Tappan Zee Bridge came into view. From the water, the Tappan Zee is majestic.

Tappan Zee Bridge coming into view

We knew we had "arrived" when we saw it. Tarrytown is about 30 minutes away from where this pic was taken. We hit the dock at exactly 2PM.....it was a fantastic trip, and the weather was great also. The high for the day was 75 degrees, and the humidity was low.

If you remember, the beginning of this trip we talked about how marinas are rated depending on their bathroom facilities.....the Tarrytown Marina and Boat Club, definitely is numero uno in this catagory. Both Dottie and I agreed, we had never seen bathrooms so clean, large and modern as these were.....