Historic tugs and more
Thanks to downriver-neighbor Dock for alerting me to this fleet of boats on the river. A flotilla of historic working vessels will be traveling the Hudson River and visiting riverside communities in ...
Dam builders
This morning, my cross-river neighbor Tim mentioned that he recently noticed a beaver swimming along the shore at the Tivoli Landing. Probably the same beaver I saw one evening while kayaking home fro ...
Water temperature
Water temperature reading: 78 degrees F. In recent days, the water temperature climbed above 75 degrees for the first time this summer.
Question for the Keeper: meteor shower radiant
Last week's Perseid meteor shower prompted the following question: Why do meteor showers appear to radiate from single point in the sky? Meteor shower particles are actually all traveling in parallel ...
Star-gazing and lighthouse pollution
A lesson from lighthouses on light pollution: A hometown friend of mine asked me (jokingly) if I ever turn the beacon off for star-gazing. Well, of course not, for obvious reasons, especially obvious ...
Saugerties Lighthouse Vacation
A family who were recent guests at the lighthouse posted two videos on youtube.com about their stay at the lighthouse. The videos provide an interesting overview of what it's like to visit the lightho ...