We awoke to a beautiful sunrise and the sun actually did make an appearance for a few hours before it clouded over again. We left Coxsackie around 8:30 AM, after our new Wisconsin friends on Pokey left. We caught the ebb south again, getting a free tide-ride on our 34-mile trip to Kingston, NY. There were many large commercial ships on the river, including this 600-footer that passed us in a narrow section next to the historic Hudson-Athens Lighthouse (we got out of the way).
This was one of three lighthouses that we passed today, the others being Saugerties and Rondout, the latter marking the entrance into Kingston. Originally the home of the Esopus people, Dutch traders arrived in Kingston in the early 1600s. The city was briefly New York’s first capital, until it was burned by the British in 1777 during the American Revolution. Map Link: Kingston, NY
We are docked in front of the Hudson River Maritime Museum, and our dock fee gave us free admission to this outstanding museum and wooden boat building school. Kingston is also home of the Trolley Museum of New York, but it was closed today.
After visiting the museum, we did our customary exploration of the area, then ate dinner at Mariner’s Harbor on the waterfront, followed by more exploration, while we watched the activity on busy Rondout Creek, including sailboats heading out on the Hudson River, tour boats, the local rowing club practicing right in front of our boat and fire department training.
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