Remember how I ended the last post - "Hey - if you're bored, love to sand with an orbital sander over your head and turn blue from paint dust- come to Kingston!!" I chuckled as I wrote those words in the last post but would you believe we had friends show up in Kingston? All the way from Ontario, NY (near Rochester)!
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| I mean - doesn't this look like fun....Not! |
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| Yes....the nasty blue dust goes all over. Think Smurf. |
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| Rolling on the bottom paint. |
Ed and Sandy Zogg with their dog Fiona arrived in their vintage VW camper van and spent 5 days parked next to Persephone helping out, sharing meals together, reminiscing, and trying to stay dry. It rained hard for 2 of the 5 days! (Ed grew up in Baldwinsville, NY and went to school with Jerry.). What a treat to have time to spend with friends we haven't seen in a long time!
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| A view of the camper from Persephone. |
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| Ground level view. Nice camper! |
Ed and Sandy have been living in the Dominican Republic for the last 9 years working as Pastor/Missionary at Christian International Foundation. Their lives have been all about helping people - in so many ways. We celebrated Ed's birthday with an apple pie that we made together!
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| Happy Birthday Ed! |
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| Ed and Sandy aboard Persephone. |
Though Ed and Sandy are in NY now, they are still involved with the community back in Santo Domingo, DR. They are currently facilitating the construction of a community building in Santo Domingo that will be a children’s center, a church, school, and clean water facility. They are calling it the New Beginnings Hope Center. The project has begun with fill brought to the site and the new cistern completed. With the cistern in place they will be able to mix cement to continue with the building process. I've added The Zogg Newsletter at the bottom of this post if you'd like to read more.
When the sun came out we took a walk out to the Hudson with a view of the lighthouse that marks the channel to come in to Rondout Creek.
Thanks, Ed, Sandy and Fiona for sharing your time with us!
After Ed and Sandy left more friends stopped by! Bob and Susan Church stopped to have lunch aboard Persephone as they were on their way home from a cruise ship docked in NJ.
With projects finished Persephone went back in the water, the mast up, and the sails installed. Ready to head south on the Hudson!
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| After making our last apple pie for Vince of Hideaway Marina and waiting for the tide to be up we ventured under the bridge on Rondout Creek, watching the top of the mast and hoping to clear. We tied up to a restaurant's dock for the night. |
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| Heavy fog on our first morning on the Hudson - we left in the dark at 5:30 am. Here we pass an anchored ship. |
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| Going under the bridges at Poughkeepsie. |
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| After spending a night at anchor in Nyack near the Mario Cuomo bridge we continued on our way again leaving early. No fog today! Here's a view of the George Washington Bridge. |
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| Sunday in New York Harbor - quiet! A lot less ferry traffic than on a weekday. |
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| Passing by the Statue of Liberty - on our way to anchor at Atlantic Highlands, NJ to wait for the right weather window. |
With any luck, the weather window will open tonight around midnight with winds that will allow us to sail south along the east coast. You should be able to follow us using the link for SPOT at the top right hand corner of the blog page. And speaking of SPOT....When we arrived in Kingston my Dad wondered about the status of the SPOT GPS Tracker. He tried to find us and I told him I hadn't signed up. He enjoys keeping track of Persephone via the SPOT. He paid for the first monthly installment of $16.15. If you're interested in becoming a SPOT sponsor I have PayPal, Venmo and Mom, my accountant, back home. Let me know - I'm sure there are others, besides Dad, who like the ease of clicking on the link to see where we are. If you've clicked on it - don't forget to zoom out so you can see something besides water!Karen & Jerry
SV Persephone
