Shore Thing

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Anchorage Atlantic Highlands, NJ

What a beautiful day--seas were calm for our trip around New York City. You can see our golden Looper Flag going under the Brooklyn Bridge

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Anchorage, west of Fivemile River, Rowayton, CT

41 03.150N

73 27.321W

Very calm evening

Sunset near Fivemile Rive

Fisherman leaving our anchorage

Sunset at anchorage

Anchorage west of Fivemile River, Rowayton, CT

The lighting really makes Shore Thing look great--Ed's wax job really paid off.

The sky is getting pink--great pictures Lolly!

View from the dock, you can see that the sun has not risen yet! I can't believe we are up soooo early!

Sunrise over Groton Long Point as we came out of the Cove

Evidence of Ice on our windows, trying to see sunrise.

Shore Thing is off again on another adventure.

Here is the send off committee,

Randy, Carl, Lolly, LouAnn, Fran and Duncan

It might have been the continuation of the party two days ago.

These wonderful souls got up before the crack of dawn to help us off with our lines.

We left our slip in Mumford Cove at 7:05 am, temp 35 degrees, ice on the boat!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Home, Mumford Cove, Groton, CT

Welcome back party at the SeaHorse!

The End of this journey--we'll see if more is to come.

As you can see, New England is cold and rainy!

Ed doing a fine job of getting Shore Thing into her slip.

Shore Thing approaching her birth in Mumford Cove

We finally left Niantic River in the rain and were heading for home.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Anchorage Niantic River

Well it took almost 24 hours for them to repair the bridge!

We were prolonging our trip and stopped in Niantic for an overnight--it was more than we bargained for. The railroad bridge that has to be lifted to get into the river is stuck in the down position. They cannot tell us when they can lift the bridge. So far we have been waiting six hours!

Anchorage

Anchorage in Niantic River

View of nuclear power plant in Niantic Bay
41 20.644N

72 10.745W

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Anchorage Duck Island Roads, Clinton, CT

More of the anchorage

View from anchorage at Duck Island Roads

More of the Thimbles

We thought we would anchor in the Thimble Islands. Unfortunately, it was a weekend and very busy--no room at the inn.

Stamford, CT from the shore

View of Shore in lower CT
41 15.563N

72 28.792W

Friday, July 17, 2009

Anchorage Calf Islands, Greenwich, CT

We were expecting a thunderstorm so when we saw a bright light we were surprised to see a nearby fireworks display. An unexpected treat. Awhile later the thunderstorm arrived.

View from our anchorage--Greenwich, CT

Throgs Neck Bridge

Plane landing at LaGuardia Airport

Just one of the scenes on the East River

United Nations

Seaplane taking off in the East River

Williamsburgh Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge

South Street Seaport on the East River

NYC skyline from the Battery
This is where we crossed our wake--we have completed the LOOP! Over 7000 miles, two foreign countries and we are still talking!!!

Buttermilk Channel with Governor's Island and Manhattan in the background

Lady Liberty--a great sight

Since we were going up the East River we decided to go the eastern route of the harbor, Brooklyn is in the background

Verazanno Narrows Bridge. The day was not the best--a lot of smog so that you cannot see NYC

Lighthouse at the end of Chapel Hill Channel

These were just a few of the fishing boats in Raritan Bay--can there be any fish left?

A crane barge!

Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook. Atlantic Highlands High School has a field hocky field to the right of the houses. It is a beautiful setting with the ocean on one side and Raritan Bay on the other. I enjoyed the view a few times when our daughter, Laura, played for Holmdel against Atlantic Highlands

40 59.583N
73 38.689W