Jun 21-26, 2009 - Down the Hudson

We had a lovely ride down the Hudson River, a truly beautiful waterway. One of the interesting sights are the historic lighthouses. Here are a few:A small town on the Hudson with the Catskills in the distance.

The modest retreat on the Hudson. Someone's camp?

Our first stop on the Hudson was the charming town of Catskill. We stayed at the Catskill Marina, a professionally operated facility with friendly, skillful staff. Here is Grand Fromage docked at Catskill Marina.

Part of the cute downtown of the village of Catskill

It has become fairly common for a town to have an event that involves an artistic contest to decorate a themed statue and then after the contest, auction off the statues to raise money for
charity. Prague had cows. Norfolk had mermaids. Catskill has....wait now, can you possible guess???....yes, you are right...cats!. Catskill has this event every year. The majority of the cat statues involve historic scenes painted on the cat....the cat is sort of like a canvas for the painting. The statue below involved this kind of painting, but the artist took it up a notch by making the cat into Henry Hudson....more clever and creative, in my humble opinion.

Our very favorite is "The Catue of Liberty". Robert is ready to make a bid on this one right now. If it doesn't win the contest, it will be a travesty of justice.

If and when you go to the town of Catskill, be sure to go for breakfast or lunch at the MOD cafe..a fun menu with friendly, cheerful owners.

We arrived at Liberty Landing Marina in Jersey City on June 26th. It was a lot of fun to return to New York City.