June 9 - 11, 2011

The Rolling Hills Complete with Train - Reminds me of Home
A Beautiful Home on the Hill
Another Beautiful Home
West Point
Decommissioned Staten Island Ferry - Now used as a Restaurant
Sailing Vessel Clearwater Once Owned by Pete Seeger (songwriter and folk singer wrote I had a Hammer, Where Have all the Flowers Gone) now used as a Movable Classroom - It is 106 Feet Long and Made of Wood
Another Light House - At Least this One has a Dock
Downtown Kingston
Inside the Museum
Off to the Farmers Market
Cooking Paella at the Farmers Market - Look at the Size of the Pot
The Honey Wagon - Farmer uses this Truck to Bring the Honey to the Farmers Market
Uptown Historic District
The Old Dutch Church Built in 1661
Haverstraw, New York to Kingston, New York - Our cruise to Kingston was beautiful, hot but a nice breeze. The scenery reminds me of Northwestern Ontario. On the river today we passed beautiful homes and West Point. You really had to keep your eyes open today to avoid debris in the river, a sign of the flooding that is happening north of us. It again was to hot to anchor so we stayed at the Kingston City Marina. We stayed three days here, Danny and Roger did the maritime museum, Karen and I walked around the downtown area. We took the city trolley (which was entertaining in itself) to the historic district and the farmers market. It has cooled down now with the rain, which is better for touring. Kingston was originally the capital of New York and is divided into three areas, uptown, midtown and downtown. We stayed in the downtown area on the Roundout River.