Port Washington, NY

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Thursday - Monday September 15-19, 2016
Day 7-8-9-10

Our day began at 9:30 leaving Clinton, Ct. We finally had the weather conditions to make a long 65 mile trip to Port Washington comfortably. We arrived at 4:15pm and picked up a town mooring. Port Washington offers transients a town mooring free for the first 2 nights then $25/day afterwards. There is a nice little town and convenient grocery shopping opposite the dinghy dock. We quickly changed and went ashore to meet a long time friend, Kathy Giglio. We had a delicious dinner at Louie's Oyster Bar & Grill on the waterfront.

New York City skyline

Execution Rock

Just a few of the stately homes entering
Manhasset Bay

Dinner with friend Kathy

Manhasset Bay used to be called
Cow Bay

NYC parking

Waking Saturday morning the day was sunny and cool so we decided to go into New York City to visit the 9/11 memorial and museum. We traveled by launch, cab, train, and subway to get there. It took 15 years to see it and we are happy we finally went. It was overwhelming emotionally, poignant, sad, but proud to be an American afterwards. Let the photos speak for themselves.

Outside 7 World Trade Center

Northern memorial pool

Two of the columns of World Trade Center North

Some of the more emotional pictures; an outside staircase where people evacuated before the first tower fell, 2 steel columns from site of the first impact, the memorial tower....last column standing where everyone wrote remembrances on it, and Ladder 3 firetruck that was crushed under the first collapse.

steel beams from site of impact

Memorial tower

Ladder #3

Vesey St staircase, outside tower #1

New public transportation center at ground zero

Saturday and Sunday were days spent planning our next fe courses, grocery shopping, and relaxing. Our plan is to leave Monday about 11:00 am to get the right current through the east river and New York City. The section of the East River next to the United Nations has restrictions due to the UN general assembly this week. Tuesday it is closed completely while President Obama is there. Next stop will be anchoiring in Sandy Hook, NJ to stage for going south along the New Jersey coastline Tuesday and Wednesday.