Newburgh, NY – Kingston, NY - June 18, 2008

This morning before we left Margaret and Beth took a walk along the riverfront in Newburgh. Newburgh is on a hillside with the riverfront separated from the rest of the town by a large retaining wall. The riverfront has many restaurants and some marinas.

A portion of the retaining wall has been made into a mural. It is entitled “Archways” and was organized by a Community through Arts organization. It was hand painted by one man and was completed just recently, 11-3-07. Five scenes depict the history of Newburgh; Washington’s Headquarters, Broadway Corridor, Downing Park, Dutch Reformed Church and The Crawford House. It is very well done and is a wonderful way to beautify an area.

We got underway at 8:45 and continued up the Hudson River. We passed many small river towns, marinas and beautiful scenery. There is a railroad right along the edge of the river, carved from the rock. We passed many power plants and we also met a tug towing a barge full of junked cars.

Beth captained the boat for a while today while Darrell got the last little bit of non-skid applied. A 2nd coat tomorrow and it will be all done.

We passed the Esopus Lighthouse on the way.

We were in Kingston and docked at 12:30.