Great Kills Harbor, NJ to Bridgeport, CT

We went through New York City today. There were lots of skyscrapers and the every-buzzing sound of honking, sirens and busy streets.
We went under a really tall bridge on our way into NYC. The bridge was 135 feet! That’s about double our mast’s height!

But the big container ship behind us made it under with little room to spare.

We saw a pretty stone building on our port as we left the bridge behind.


As we pulled in to NY Harbor we were welcomed by Lady Liberty. Her bold, sincere face looked back at us as we entered the harbor. She clasped a bronze torch over her head with proud duty as she guided us into the harbor, by the “flame” of her patriotic torch.

Just want to point out the “colorful ants” at the base of Lady Liberty, are people. Just so you can see how big she is. :)

It was very cool to see all the sights and the sounds in NYC. All the cars zooming about, the giant buildings dwarfing the rest of us, sirens and beeping horns echoing off of buildings, helicopters and airplanes flying overhead, and the random trees planted in alleyways.

We passed Riker’s Island on our starboard as we were leaving NYC.

We passed an airway strip and planes flew right over us and onto the landing strip.

As we left NYC, the sounds faded and the buildings grew smaller and we entered the calm sea. And, as expected on a trip such as ours, we were met by pirates!

Thankfully the Pirates let us go and we continued on our journey. lol

We arrived in Bridgeport, CT safely and got some fuel. We were to meet some of Dad’s friends from the beach. The fuel guy was nice enough to let us tie up at the dock while our friends would be there. So we tied up (next to Unicorn, a steel-hulled ship made of the metal of U-boats) and then went up the dock.

Dad said we should take a walk around the docks and look at the dockside restaurant and shops. So we went for a stroll. We stopped in the dockside restaurant and asked for ice cream, but they had none so they recommended we get some from the ice cream the ice cream store on the docks. We thanked them then looked around the restaurant. They had some cool decorations. An old piano, long canoes, oars, pictures of the place years ago and a fish tank. It was nice.

Then we wandered out and looked at the small shops they were painted and cute shops. Unfortunately I left my camera on the boat and didn’t get pictures of them. Dad and Zani got Strawberry Sundae’s and I tried some Sherbert slushy. It had soda in it (and as you all know I don’t like soda), but it was okay. I felt bad I made Dad pay for it so I drank the whole thing. :P We found a trashcan for our remains near a mirror and we all had fun looking in the curved mirror which made us all look like squat sturdy people. It was funny. :) We then headed back to the boat and cleaned it up for company. Dad’s beach friends came and stayed for an hour or two with us. It was nice to see them again.

Signing off,
Victoria