Tuesday, June 26

Continued our cruise northbound on the Hundson River today.  Beautiful mountains for most of the trip.  Mostly cloudy with GUSTY winds, so it looked as though the mountains were pushing through the clouds!

Along the way, we ran into a group of swimmers.  In talking with the lead boat, we found out the following:

About 8 Bridges

7 Days | 7 Stages | 120 miles

The 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim, the longest marathon swim in the world, is an epic swimming odyssey that celebrates the mighty Hudson and New York Harbor.
From the peaceful Catskills to the dramatic Narrows, at the throat of the New York Harbor, intrepid swimmers cover 120 miles of the Hudson River's great stream.
For one week, each day's marathon swim begins with the ebb tide at one bridge and ends at the next, covering distances ranging from 13.2 miles to 19.8 miles. Swimmers can participate in one to all of the seven stages.
The swim strings together the Rip Van Winkle | Kingston-Rhinecliff | Mid-Hudson | Newburgh-Beacon | Bear Mountain | Tappan Zee | George Washington | Verrazano Narrows Bridges.

The Hudson River was very wide in spots and then at times it was as narrow as the Mississippi River in Prescott :)  There were depths from 12' to 110' and a water temperature of 74 degrees!  We also saw old lighthouses along the way . . .  beautiful, old buildings!

We traveled 75 miles today and made it to Albany, New York's capital city.