Happy Birthday Lady Liberty

We left Haverstraw New Jersey on the Hudson River heading for NYC to stop at a marina right across from the Statue of Liberty for a perfect view of all the fireworks for her 125 birthday, but when we heard the weather report of the impending storm, we went right past, and headed out to sea and into the first inlet about 30 miles.

  

Where's the Dock?

It was a good move because the 40 knot winds and snow and flooding all started that night and lasted a few more days.

We ended up in Brielle New Jersey and had to wait out an extra day becuase of the rain, sleet, snow, wind and flooding!  Here is a photo of our dock - we were kind of stuck on the boat at high tide becuase everything was flooded under water.    We headed out but . . . Talk about cold!    John was wrapped up in his warm clothes, mittens, hat and scarf, and with the bed quilt over all that! Its gets really cold up top driving the boat in the wind when the air temperature is already just below freezing! 

Can't believe our trusty first mate Brian is still with us - when he checks the weather back home in California he just shakes his head and wonders why he signed up for this crazy adventure with us!