After the small and rather quaint town of Atlantic Highlands we traveled south and made the jump into the open Atlantic Ocean. Here I should confess that this has been a bit of a fear of mine. What will it be like out in the open water? I’ve tried to ignore it and down play…

Since the ferries did such a wonderful job of waking us up on Wednesday morning we decided to go directly to the Statue Of Liberty ferry landing in Battery Park. For us it was a short and pleasant walk along the water. What a wonderful, beautiful day it was. We were able to take the…

There are things that just change when you make the final move from land based to water based. For me one of the most dramatic is my feeling about public bathrooms. I have to confess that the tide of opinion has rapidly and dramatically reversed it’s self for me when it comes to the role…

It seems somehow fitting that the entry to New York City should be something dramatic and as we left City Island and rounded the first bend going under Throg’s Neck Bridge the entry to a section of water known locally as Hell Gate was exciting for more than one reason. I wish that I could…

After nearly a week at Port Jefferson we finally left. It was a nice place to visit and we were able to reprovision quite thouroughly, more importantly we stayed safe from the worst of the effects of Ida. But it was time to go. The ladies at the local library recognized us because we were…

So everyone wants to know…how bad is it? The storm, the weather, the waves, and the wind it’s all over the news. Right now we are just getting lots of rain and wind here, mostly rain. When we saw what was coming we decided we’d stay put. We haven’t even left Port Jefferson. It does…