World famous Zabar’s large specialty grocery and adjacent snack shop is our stop for breakfast and a their special Nova Salmon prior to departing New York City. Just a few blocks from Monarch’s slip, it couldn’t be more convenient.
Every department of Zabar’s is a feast for the senses.
Then it’s on to Westside Market for produce. Jumbo strawberries, fresh blueberries and other delectables.
As we slipped our dock lines and motored out, the skyline of New York bade us farewell.
The Empire State Building and the new tower replacing the World Trade Center were visible.
We passed Columbia University and General Grant’s tomb.
Next we saw our friends Ed and Doris Cohen’s co-op building…..
………and their rooftop balcony.
Crossing under the George Washington Bridge meant our New York City stay was really at a close.
This is another of Manhattan’s transit modes, mostly for tourists. The Circle Line circumnavigates the island of Manhattan.
The New Jersey Palisades are an impressive sight. The steep Palisades cliffs formed during massive volcanic eruptions some 200 million years ago. When magma solidified, it formed columns of basalt, now exposed as steep cliffs on the western bank of the Hudson extending from Jersey City to Nyack, New York. Over millions of years, other rocks surrounding the basalt columns eroded, leaving sheer faces with long vertical cracks that make the Palisades susceptible to rock falls, especially during spring, as ice frozen into crevices thaws, loosening the outermost face.
Just two weeks prior to our passing, a 500-foot rock face came crashing down from the Palisades, shaking the ground for more than half a minute and dumping a mountain of new boulders – some the size of school busses – along the Hudson River. The shaking was strong enough to be registered by a seismic station a mile and a half away, at Columbia University.
Across the Hudson River is Yonkers.
And shortly after, going north, we see the Tappan Zee Bridge and Tarrytown. Monarch has stayed at the marina at the foot of this bridge.
The anchorage for the night is crowded Haverstraw Bay, New York. That’s right, it is a holiday weekend! Looked like Lake St. Clair’s Jobbie Nooner.
Also out in force is the Coast Guard. They came alongside after we had anchored, and requested a routine regulation and safety inspection of Monarch. We were happy to comply, as at anchor is much more convenient than underway, when we usually are inspected. Of course, we’re in compliance!
Later, the revelers pulled anchor and left us in a nice, secluded and protected anchorage for the night.
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