Oct 8, Newburgh, NY

We left Upper Nyack early (8 am) to catch the incoming tide to speed us up the Hudson River. We are using the 1-2 knot incoming tide to help us along the way (and are avoiding the 1-2 knot drag we would have if we timed our journey to have an out going tide). So we are speeding along at 10 knots, using little fuel and enjoying natures boost from the incoming tide.

Bear Mountain Bridge

Stephens Motor Yacht TRILOGY (90 feet) on the Hudson heading south. She charters for approximately $30,000 per week

West Point Academy seen from the Hudson River

West Point close up

Beautiful countryside

Leaves have changed little as yet

Bannerman Castle ruin near Newburgh

Approaching Newburgh, New York.

Newburgh civic improvement project. See the real stone (left) and the painted stone (right) to match.

Painted scene on the painted stone wall

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These are all scenes from the town of Newburgh

Painted policeman

Real artists (foreground left and right) are working on a panel

Panel being roughed in by a real lady in a real bucket

Real artist hard at work

We rent a car in Newburgh so we can go to the West Point Military Academy for a tour of the campus. Very impressive. Lots of history here. West Point was a Revolutionary War battle site and there are many stories of cadets who have made significant contributions to country. U.S. Grant and Dwight Eisenhower were both war hero's and then U.S. Presidents. Cadets were here for classes and we saw a few around campus. There are approximately 4,000 at the academy and about 15% are women. About the same percentage as at the Naval Academy. Temperature reached 85 degrees today at West Point, unseasonably warm.

West Point main parade ground

Very elaborate pipe organ keyboard in the West Point Chapel

View north from the West Point campus overlook near the parade grounds