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the Hudson River.
May
29: We spent a wonderful week of
sight-seeing the region by car and we decided to cap-off our visit with dinner
at Le Canard Enchaine in Kingston NY. It
is an elegant French bistro, one of the finest that we have dined at since our
favorite Le Bec-Fin, a Philadelphia 5-star restaurant.
A
couple of weeks ago, after we transited the Chesapeake Bay and coast of New
Jersey, some of you asked to see a "map" of our planned cruise of
the "Down East Circle Loop", so here are a couple:.
Our
next short hop is to New Baltimore NY and the Shady Harbor Marina where we will
do, hopefully, a short layover to diagnose our ongoing engine issue ... its
nothing dangerous, just annoying, especially after we installed about a $1000
worth of parts that were shipped to us.
May
30: We arrive at Shady Harbor Marina
around 3:00 PM and immediately greeted with a nasty Hudson River squall; hail,
heavy rain thunder, lightning, and 40 knot winds ... we got drenched handling
our lines and fenders, and about 20 minutes later the storm passed and we
slogged up to the marina office to check-in and settled-up. Ironically, after the squall we were also
privy to a beautiful, but short-lived rainbow that seem to initiate from our
vessel and extended across the Hudson river.
Not enough time to get the photo-op.
May
31: Yeaaa ... sunshine and warm weather,
but a Work Day. After coffee, we spent a
couple hours doing engine work and trying to figure out what the heck we missed
when doing our repair work, our oil leak persisted, so back to the drawing
board and internet research. After a
bit, Karl got curious decided to explore some engine work completed by mechanic
just weeks before we left home ... BINGO!
