June 22-23 Day 81-82. On to Saugerties, NY. 10.9 Nm. Total. 1766. Then next day on to Hudson/Athens, NY
Had a lazy morning and left about 10:00 to head to our next stop, an anchorage at Saugerties, NY. Saugerties is a small town on the Hudson just south of the Catskills Mountains. It is known for its lighthouse, built in 1869 which is still functioning today and it’s lodges and cabins for those vacationing in the Catskills. As we traveled north in the Hudson, the shore remains hills from 250-450 feet tall that are mostly heavily wooded. There only a few areas of homes either near the river or high on the bluffs. The one bridge on our journey today is the Kingston Rhinecliff Bridge 135 feet above the Hudson. Bill spotted a large estate through his binoculars. With a little research, we found it was part of the William Astor Jr’s Ferncliff estate in Rhinecliff, NY. built in 1853. Ferncliff was a working dairy and poultry farm, and also had stables for breeding horses. In 1902, John Jacob Astor IV expanded the estate buildings to include an indoor pool( fi...