Since discovering the Chart House Restaurants while staying in Annapolis, I have made it a personal quest to sample the cuisine at each location. As it just so happened, the NYC metropolitan Chart House location was immediately adjacent to the Lincoln Harbor Yacht Club in Weehawken, NJ. I think Captain Mark knew this in advance and just smiled proudly when I squealed with delight to see how close our slip was the restaurant. The evening before we left, we had a most wonderful meal to conclude and celebrate our time spent in New York City. While the menus are similar, they are slightly different at each location. Instead of cream of crab soup as in Annapolis and Philadelphia, I had the lobster bisque which is the specialty of this location – I was not disappointed in the least.
We were up early as we readied for our departure.
This is the view of Manhattan directly across the Hudson as we pulled out of the Lincoln Harbor Yacht Club marina. We turned south on the Hudson for one last quick tour of New York City before we turned around to head north on the Hudson to upstate New York.
The New Jersey side of the Hudson almost directly across from where the Twin Towers were located.
The Robin's Reef Light aka the Staten Island Light
The Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
A private marina in Manhattan about 25th Street
A private home in New Jersey across from 57th Street in Manhattan
The approximate area on the Hudson where the US Airway plane safely landed earlier this year.
Grant's Tomb
This is the George Washington Bridge which is significant for several reasons:
1. It marks our official departure from New York Harbor and New York City
2. Geographically, immediately beyond this bridge the terrain of New York takes on a completely different look of hills and forests
3. Our boat insurance premium drops substantially as we are not longer considered to be in "hazardous ocean waters" but back within the waters of the Great Lakes and their tributaries
Hours on the water: 4.5
Nautical miles traveled: 35.7
Number of bridges to be opened: 0
Time spent waiting at bridge: 0
Next Destination: Kingston, NY
What we are listening to: Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
Lesson for the day: I left my heart in NYC
Obligatory knitting report: Purple Lace Shawl for BFF Linda
1 comment:
Just finished looking at some more of your great adventures of the lolligag. Where are the pictures of you? Will be glad to see you when you return to this wonderful little town. It has improved some mostly new sidewalks. places where there were never any sidewalks.
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