East River and Port Washington

Port Washington was a convenient stop for many cruisers.  There are free city mooring for up to 48 hours then quite reasonably priced after that.  Groceries, laundry and West Marine are easy walking distance as well as the Long Island Railroad Station.  We were also able to pumpout our holding tank and fill our fresh water tanks.  We also enjoyed a great dinner on shore and made new friends, all a cruiser needs!

The trip from Atlantic Highlands to Port Washington covered about
40 miles so we had the chance to see how different both sides of the
East River were from each other.  Brooklyn and Queens were much more
industrial and had more working waterfronts such as this port.

Manhattan on the other hand was tall buildings.

The United Nations. I wish we had had the opportunity to go see the
building up close but that's just something for next time.

Seaplanes were fun to watch.

The ferry port we left from off of Wall St.

The Staten Island ferries are huge, run constantly and run fast.  You
don't want to be in they're way, ever.

We watched these two tugs come alongside the cargo ship and guide him to a dock.

Riker's Island prison, scene of so many hellish novels and movies.

This ship was a prison ship to handle overflow.  Look closely and you
can see the concertina wire all around it's open spaces.

In case you didn't know it was Long Island, they let you know.

Hospital ruins next to the shiny new one.

What a lonely assignment this would have been.

And how the other half lives on Long Island.

This was a business in Port Washington.  We are much more spry
getting around tight spots on our Blue Moon, climbing over
railings to get into the dinghy so I guess the anti-aging thing must be real.

Look closely and you can see craters in the moon's surface even
where it's dark.

The results of a rolly anchorage on the 4th of July.  I think of it as art
instead of a mistake.