Northport - Sandy Hook ( Through the East River ) 10/1/17
Sorry about the delay, we have been having some wifi problems which have hopefully been fixed The East River was a trip that we had been looking forward to for a long time. We were exited, but also a little nervous about the currents and boat traffic. We got up (I did not want to but a metal pencil box fell on my head really early going through a big wake from a powerboat and after that I could not fall back asleep 😒 ) and left Northport at 5:00 am in the dark. It was a beautiful sunrise. It was cool to look at all the other boats and big barges and such as we headed into the East River. Stan really liked looking at different barges and tug boats. We passed a few lighthouses, one of which is extremely haunted because the British would execute patriots and soldiers there. It was called Execution Rock Light. When we got to the mouth of the East River it was very exiting. At one point, near the beginning, Rikers Island was on the port side of our boat, and there was a floating...