NYC Pictures and Liberty Island

Liberty Island
Tuesday, September 10 - We got an early start to the morning with Kevin getting water at the dinghy dock while I walked Pepper then finished up the grocery shopping. Kevin changed the oil in the outboard and generator motors while I cleaned up around the boat preparing to depart. John and Marleen from Serendipity arrived yesterday and came by on their dinghy to say hello. We made tentative plans to meet in Sandy Hook. We left Port Washington at 2:35 and motored down the East River. About 30 minutes out we heard the Coast Guard report that they were closing the East River by Wall Street from 1700 and 1800 hours for security. Kevin tried to speed up to get past that closure before 5:00 but the current wasn’t strong enough. I suggested that we slow down instead. Later they changed the time from 1530 to 1900, but also clarified that it was not fully closed. We ended up losing time due to the slow down but still anchored by 6:30 p.m. As we anchored helicopters and Osprey aircraft flew over and chatter on the VHF confirmed it was President Biden. We chose to anchor closer to Ellis Island this time as we heard it was calmer than by Liberty and farther away from the ferry boats. Our intention was to possibly stay 2 nights and make a run up the Hudson River for fun, however, the water was still very rolly and making dinner was not fun. After an hour or so I declared we would leave in the morning and Kevin was in complete agreement! That night we watched the Trump/Harris debate.Read more