Niagra Falls

Today I spent a little time going through some old pictures.  I came across some I took back a few months ago of Niagra Falls.  This was prior to passing it on the boat this past June on the way to NY.   It was a little weird seeing on the charts danger signs and then seeing on the water, more danger signs about going towards the falls.  

That would suck. 

This is what I feel like most of the time with only eyes showing...it is getting cold.  It still in the 30's but man, with the wind it is chilling.  I have been moved a little further in the marina by the other live aboards.  It is much more protected here and the risk of getting seasick at the dock is less now.  Will be soon off the boat and living on land for the winter.  

Birds

So its been a little while since a post. Things are going good.

Last week I took the week off from work while Rolland my brother-in-law came over from Newfoundland to do a few errands while in the US and also help winterize a few things on the boat. We went for a nice little sail on Saturday for the last time this year. The motor and sails came off and stored, the rub rail was replaced, the stantions resealed, and now I am putting a few more layers of varnish on some of the wood that needs a little more protection during the winter months.

This week I go back to work.

Self Guided tour of Hart Island

Hart Island is just a dingy ride away from City Island. I heard that there are inmates who come there to dig graves for the John Does and other unclaimed bodies. Last week I went exploring when there was no one there. Weekends are the best time to go. I checked out a bunch of abandoned buildings. The building pictured above was like a huge dormitory. Multiple community shower bathrooms, rooms with old bed springs and mattresses, washing machines and a lot of other miscellaneous stuff.
You can hardly see it but there are a bunch of burial markers. Also, you cant see it in the picture but there were these vent type pipes coming out of the ground like they have at landfills. I have read a few different ways the buried the bodies. But the general idea is each body gets a coffin and they stack a few on top of each other.

Hart Island History Menu This website you should visit, a lot of this I can see from by boat.

Statue of Liberty

This past Sunday we (Dad, Mom, Carly and Maggie) took "Dances With Wind" for a trip to the Statue of liberty. Its a good way to see NYC. Its just a differant view and new perspective. Dad took the helm on the way out, we had a little lunch while puttering around the statue and headed back to City Island. It was a good trip.

The Walk Across George Washington Bridge

Last week I did a little site seeing/geocaching. I had been wanting to check out the George Washington Bridge which at one point I had anchored near while on the way to City Island. The GWB connects NJ and NY. It is a mile long and it sways when you walk on it. I took the camera, of course, since bridges are usually a good subject for photography.

This is looking south. NY on the left, Hudson River in the middle and NJ on the right.


While searching for caches there were some great views of NY along the trail/cliff I was following.

As I had my head buried in the GPS to find the cache I walked into a young dear who was

grazing about 10 ft from me right in the way of the cache! It was not startled at all. I got a few pics and then it trotted on its way as the sun was setting over the sky scrappers of NJ.