A Walk around Catskill, NY

Giant trees stand beside the creek.

Catskill, NY, is a charming, quiet town.  We are docked in Catskill Creek.  Three large sailboats from Montreal are coming in right now.  George went out to help grab lines.  Our marina has a pool, in which we took a refreshing dip (72 degrees) yesterday.  We are tied below large shade trees.  The air is filled with cottony seeds.  Yesterday I was happy to be here beneath the trees.  Last night in the powerful thunderstorm, I was not so glad.  In Atlanta we have a history of falling trees.

This marina was damaged by Hurricane Irene and has just been rebuilt. The floating docks are new; the laundry and shower building is up-to-date, spacious and clean. We can walk easily to town.
It's just my craziness that makes me look at trees with suspicion: One way of looking at the trees is that they survived the hurricane, so they are strong.  Another view is that they survived but may be weakened and are ready to fall on me and Aunt Aggie. Although winds of 60mph were possible last night, we did not get much wind.  There was a lightning show and heavy rain.  I read and played solitaire until the danger had passed.  George checked the boat and went to sleep.  Even after all these years, he amazes me.

Today is gorgeous.  We walked downtown, did laundry, and took naps.  Downtown is decorated with cats.  We found a small gourmet grocery owned by a woman from North Carolina and bought raisin bread, apples and a lime.  Then we had lunch at a diner.  We also walked down the road to Riverview Marine, which has a ship store.  There we found marine toilet paper.  Yahoo!

I don't stock up the boat as some cruisers do, preferring to believe that we will find what we need since we are always close to civilization.  However, we have lately not been at standard marinas, and we are on our last roll of tp.  I bought some single ply at Shop Rite, but the captain rejected my purchase since it was not "marine" tp.  So I have been reading the marina descriptions more carefully, looking for a well stocked store.  Today I did purchase extra.

Cat-too - George named this one "Things I eat." 

Purr -enniel 

Dancing with the Stars 

Cat of the Baskervilles sits in front of the police station. 

Frosty the Snow Cat

Tomorrow we will leave this beautiful spot around 11:00 am in order to catch a rising tide for a push to Albany.  We are almost done with tides, but there is a five foot tide in Albany, so we still have to be aware. Also there is a lot of current at our Albany marina, so we want to arrive at slack tide around 3:00 pm.  

Right now we are taking our g + t over to the pool.