Friday, June 11 Location: Haverstraw Bay lat 41.11/ lon 73.53

What an exciting day today was for us as we cruised Tadpole into New York harbor!

Richard's Mom arrived here by boat from Scotland at age 16 after the death of her mother to join her father who had come to look for work. Now, several years later, we return to relive her experience of traveling under the bridge and being greeted by the Statue of Liberty.  A totally remarkable sight!  America - a place where dreams do come true!

After seeing so much of New York from the river front, we headed north again up the Hudson River, and watched the landscape change from buildings to mountains.  We sit here now, anchored in a cove at Haverstraw Bay ( a short distance north of Sing Sing prison ).

The next several days will find us continuing our journey up the Hudson River 150 miles to Troy, then westward on the Erie Canal.