CATSKILL to TROY

Today we traveled about 35 nautical miles from CATSKILL to TROY.  We departed about 8 am to have a favorable tide for the 4 hour trip. The weather was cloudy with a predicted thunder storm with heavy rain showers in TROY by 2 pm. We thankfully arrived just in time to secure Thistle before the rain storm!

For today's adventure we enjoyed seeing numerous bridges, a lighthouse, cement factories and Albany, the Capitol of New York State. Once Thistle was secure we walked around the TROY Historic District, admiring the beautiful architecture. We also learned TROY is the historical home town of Uncle Sam.

Tonight we are staying on the TROY Town Wall...And it's free :) 

Tomorrow is a big day. We are going through The TROY Federal Lock, it will be our first of many locks on our way to Montreal. 

Sweet Dreams XO.

CATSKILL to TROY

An early departure under the Rip Van Winkle Bridge.

Hudson Lighthouse.

Cement Factories along the Husdon.

Albany skyline with pending rain.

That was tooooooooo close? We made it under this bridge with about a 2 foot clearance :)

TROY Town Wall.

TROY Historic District.

According to legend TROY is the home of Uncle Sam. The initials US are a common national personification of the American Government. This came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named after Samuel Wilson a meat packer from TROY who supplied the military with food supplies. 

We enjoyed a beer tonight while studying the procedure to go through the Federal Lock tomorrow morning.