May 18 - 20: NYC to Port Washington NY to Stamford CT

So when your plans go awry, you take a deep breath and go with the flow.  We are constantly adjusting as long term cruising is an exercise in flexibility.  Since one portion of the Erie Canal that we need to travel through is closed for repairs, we are forced to delay our trip up the Hudson River by about 4 weeks.  There are limited marinas and anchor sites on the Hudson, so we opted to leave on Sunday, May 18th motor up the East River, enter the Long Island Sound to see that area and eventually visit Don's sister Anne and her family in Mystic.

The Long Island Sound is a beautiful body of water with lots of McMansions. We docked at Safe Harbor Capri West in Port Washington. This city is in Nassau County New York, which has one of the highest per capita incomes in the nation and the marina shows it. (That's Don's tidbit of information).

The city has a water taxi which picks you up and takes you to two docks for shopping, eating, hiking, or whatever. We spent two nights there and restocked!

Today, we motored up the Sound to Safe Harbor Yacht Haven in Stamford CT.  We entered Connecticut at 12:20 pm and docked by 1:30 pm. Took a walk through the neighborhood and delighted ourselves with a swirl ice cream cone!

On to our next adventure tomorrow with no marina reservation at the ready!  It may be a night to anchor!

View of the Empire State Building on our way out of NYC

Riker's Island Prison

Cute Water Taxi Driver
student at Florida State University

The comforts of someone else's boat

Execution Rocks Lighthouse

For you Dog lovers
statue in the park

YUM - who doesn't like ice cream!




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