Hudson River

Boaters’ Appreciation Weekend at Shady Harbor in New Baltimore, NY

We took a quick jaunt up the Hudson River to Rondout Creek to visit the quaint waterfront town of Kingston, NY.

Reading and researching about the area, we decided to spend 4 days at Hyde Park and take advantage of the many attractions. We are not sure if it was the beautiful mid 80 weather with cool evenings, the places to walk and explore, the museum and breweries, the very bike friendly streets and lanes, the quiet, wonderful, simple marina with very few people, or the fact we were close enough to MA for Zach to visit, but we just loved this spot.

We squeezed in a little more time at Atlantic Highlands with Chris and Paul as we only had a short ride into New York City. Another great weather day for cruising. We had a strong following current for the whole trip and although this is one of the busiest harbors we go thru, the commercial traffic wasn’t too bad and it was a pleasurable ride past Lady Liberty and lower Manhattan.