In Ossining again – Shattemuc Yacht Club

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The Shattemuc Yacht Club describes itself as:

A family-oriented sail, boat, swim and social club located on the Hudson River. We feature a renowned sailing academy, outdoor pool, private beach and a clubhouse overlooking the scenic Hudson River.

With 125 boat slips and over 20 moorings, we accommodate boats of all sizes from kayaks to 40 foot cruisers. Our clubhouse on the Hudson is our crown jewel and our members use it year-round for social events, family picnics or just relaxing after a day of boating.

The well-known Boathouse Restaurant is located at the south end of our property and offers our members discounts to a delicious assortment of fine food.

A quite lengthy section on the history of the club begins:

Shattemuc Yacht Club’s roots can be traced to the old Sing Sing Yacht Club, which held its first regatta in 1858, over 156 years ago! Although that club became extinct, there was active canoe sailing in the late 1870’s and early 1880’s, and talk of organizing another club. What eventually became our club was first incorporated as the Sing Sing Yacht Club in 1888. Our history is rich with boat races dating back to the earliest days and continues even today.

For more on the club’s history see a brief history of the Shattemuc and Short Topics.

I often go to The Boathouse so the discount would be attractive. I also like the location. Although I don’t have a boat and don’t enjoy boating all that much, I might consider becoming a member.

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Taken with a Sony RX100 M7

In Ossining again – Overview

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The other day I had lunch at one of my favorite riverfront restaurants (See: Lunch at the Boathouse, Ossining, NY). I planned to go for a walk afterwards. Normally, I would turn right from the restaurant, continue to the metro-north station, cross of the train tracks and then go up main street. This time I decided to try something different. I would turn left from the restaurant, cross the tracks there, and then go up Snowden Ave., pass through Matilda Street, and then go up North Malcolm Street. When I got to North Highland Ave. (Route 9) I planned to turn right, walk along Route 9 until I got to Ellis Place where I would turn left, and then along Wolden to Holbrook Road where my house is.

I wasn’t very familiar with this area so, in addition to getting a good walk I hoped to find some new opportunities to take a few pictures.

Taken with a Sony RX100 M7

A visit to upstate New York and Vermont – Crossing Lake Champlain

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On the way to Fort Ticonderoga, we drove up the Vermont side of Lake Champlain. Of course, this meant that we had to cross Lake Champlain to get to the fort, which is on the New York Side. To do so we took the Ticonderoga Ferry, which describes itself as follows:

The Ticonderoga Ferry provides historic, scenic seven-minute daytime crossings on Lake Champlain between Ticonderoga, New York and Shoreham, Vermont. Connecting the Lake George and Adirondack regions of New York, with the Middlebury and central Green Mountain areas of Vermont. We are located at 4831 VT Rte 74 just off of NY Rte 22 in Ticonderoga, New York and off of VT Rte 22A via VT Rte 73 in Orwell or VT Rte 74 in Shoreham, Vermont.

The ride was quite pretty, but short and a little slow (important to me because I needed to relieve myself). Although I wasn’t focusing too well, I recall that it was also rather expensive. On the way back from the fort we decided to take a different route that didn’t involve taking ferries.

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Taken with a Sony RX10 IV

A Visit to Boston – Day Two – Bus Tour Continued – on the bus

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And off we went on the bus tour. It was quite difficult to take pictures from the moving bus. Add to that that the driver/guide seemed more interested in telling jokes than telling us much about the things we were seeing and I didn’t take many pictures. I only vaguely remember what he was saying so at the moment I don’t have much to say about the pictures. If I get a chance, I’ll look them up and add some captions/descriptions.

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Taken with a Sony A6000 and 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 OSS.

A Visit to Boston – Day One – Around the North End

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Some time ago I took the train up to Boston to meet up with some Canadian friends who were visiting there. The hotel we were staying in was in the North End. None of us got there until late afternoon so these pictures were taken in the North End and along the Charles River from then until it started to get dark.

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Taken with a Sony A6000 and 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 OSS.