Also known as ‘The Big Row, 2007’
I didn’t do a write-up for this year and I only have a few photographs.
This was a good trip, starting in Verplanck and heading north to Kingston over three and a half days. We had three boats, the DeSager, the Black Sheep, and the Codpeace. There were some lovely fair winds, some periods of serious rowing, and beautiful scenery. There were trains, pirates (actual thieves), and aggressive sprinkler systems. There were friendly receptions at camping spots, the best of which was at the Chelsea Yacht Club in Beacon.
The Codpeace came in second at a race in Kingston. She had proved herself in chasing the boat thieves, and we acquitted ourselves well.
Bob has his own write-up with photos at http://www.millersfalls.blogspot.com/.
The Codpeace in front of Indian Point Nuclear Power Facility
The Codpeace in front of Indian Point Nuclear Power Facility
A hamlet on the west bank of the Hudson
Jen, Bill, and Kevin rowing with the Codpeace well ahead of us
The Black Sheep with some bridges and hills
Approaching the Bear Mountain Bridge
A barge and tugboat
The Bear Mountain Bridge
At the dock at Bear Mountain State Park
The DeSager full of gear
The Beacon-Newburgh bridges
Shadows beneath the Beacon-Newburgh bridges
Fog shadow against the distant shore with the Beacon-Newburgh bridges
Shadows beneath the Beacon-Newburgh bridges
Loading up at the Chelsea Yacht Club
Don (and others), a bit blurry, at the Chelsea Yacht Club
Almost ready to go at the Chelsea Yacht Club
Almost ready to go at the Chelsea Yacht Club
A strange "tomb" along a hillside, halfway to Poughkeepsie
A stone crushing and sorting operation
Our camp at Marist College
Bill readying his tent
The camp at Marist College seen from above with the boats on the dock
The boats on the dock