Où est le chat?
On Thursday afternoon, when I stepped outside to get an armload of firewood, I encountered a cat walking around the lighthouse. A gray and tan striped tabby. I crouched down to pet it, and it leaped i ...
Speed limit
Yesterday evening at dusk, I glanced out the kitchen window and noticed a forceful surge of water and ice chunks swirling out of the cove and rushing under the ramp between the dock and the lighthouse ...
Coast Guard Cutter Breaks Ice in Hudson River
The 65-foot Coast Guard ice breaking tug Line was underway for its daily icebreaking mission at dawn, passing by the lighthouse on its way out of the creek and into the river. Lately, the Bayonne, N. ...
Invisible man
Dock emailed me this photo from iceboating with the tag: "He lives! Spotted on Orange Lake, the Invisible Man!" Andy, one of the other iceboaters, said, "You could rob a bank and get away with it." A ...
Trail conditions: icy
Ice possible in tidal areas and shaded portions of trail. Use caution. Footwear with traction recommended.
Iceboating on Orange Lake
Impatient for ice on the Hudson River, I'd been hounding Dock for the past few days about going to go to Orange Lake where the water is already frozen thick enough for iceboating. Finally, this mornin ...
Ice sounds
The thermometer indicated 16 degrees F at sunrise this morning. I stepped outside to fill the birdfeeder. The wake of a passing tug jostled the layer of ice on the water. Undulating with each wave, th ...
The lighthouse through the camera lens
Everyday, visitors walk to the lighthouse and snap photos. Hundreds of these photos are posted at www.flickr.com and can be viewed by typing saugerties lighthouse into the search box. Many of the pho ...