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.....