NEW YORK CITY N.Y.

(but first, The Palisades)
/>Check out the cub float plane buzzing the cliffs!



About the lovely Palisades along the Hudson River.

The Palisades are high cliffs that line the west side of the Hudson River all the way to George Washington Bridge. I was very curios how they formed so I checked it out online and learned that the formation is from Triassic Period, (200 million years ago) the formation is mostly a diabase sill. A long time ago molten magma intruded upward into a sandstone material, cooled then solidified. Water erosion washed away the sandstone martial and left behind the more resistant rock, which we on this trip got to enjoy today.

9/7/09

New York City NY
40° 43′ 0″ N, 74° 0′ 0″ W

New York is located in a natural harbor on the north east coast of The Untied States of America. It is the largest city in the US.

The Dutch in 1624 founded New York as a commercial trading post. The settlement was named New Amsterdam until 1664 when the English took control of the colony. New York was the capital of the United States in 1785 until 1790. New York has been the country's largest city since 1790.

All the concrete, noises, buildings, people, lights, and fast moving cars, was a lot for just coming into NYC via nice slow relaxing sailboat. It was a little overwhelming for a Yooper to say the least.




The George Washington Bridge




My Sister got this shot from the George Washington Bridge, cool eh?

My sister lives in NYC, so she met us at the 79th Street Boat Basin where we made port at $4 something per foot, and she kidnapped (sisternapped) showed me around.

We checked out a park near her apartment named Fort Tryon Park. It was an old Fort near the George Washington Bridge. Check out the Sign I took a photo of lots of history.

A view from the park




Then we walked along 5th Avenue to Central Park. Along the way I saw the Museum of Natural History, which was super neat.



Central Park became the first landscaped park in an American city in 1857 and was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. There is so much to see that park; it would take a few days to really be able to check everything out. I enjoyed being in the park and then being able to see all the buildings shoot out from the tree tops.


Central Park

On our way out of NYC Right where the Atlantic Ocean ends and the Hudson River begins, we saw the Statue of liberty! The sun (the tiny bit we had) was perfect for photos. The way the light hit the Flames on the statue, made the flames look real. From here we head to Atlantic Highlands in New Jersey.



The Statue of Liberty was dedicated October 28, 1886. It is a monument honoring the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. It was a gift from the people of France showing the new friendship the two countries gained during the American Revolution