140 Miles Down and Around

Accomplished: 140 miles down the Hudson and around an island called Manhattan.

Places stayed:

1.) 100 sq ft. island.

2.) Hobo shack. The roof of an abandoned quarry concrete loading station tagged with a swastika and racial slang 10 feet from freight trains roaring by all night. 

3.)Overpriced Bed and Breakfast which felt great after the previous night.

4.)Peninsula campground

5.)Hotel

6.)Apartment in Manhattan

Adventures:

- Spending a week on the water with my father sharing stories and ideas.

- Secret service talking to us as we paddled by West Point as Obama gave a graduation speech.

- Father spilling a pot of boiling water on foot.

- Having freighters pass less than 100 ft away, Navy helicopter fly 30 feet overhead covering us in mist, and dodging high speed ferries.

- 140 miles of trying to time the tides to get the current right. Succeeding some days and painfully failing others.

- Setting off Naval alarm as we paddled into a pier toward the museum of the US Intrepid aircraft carrier.

- Paddling 360 degrees around one of the most amazing cities in the world.

As always we were left with the desire for another adventure.