Wednesday, August 30th - Boatin' on the Hudson

Left Warwick, NY this morning and drove 40 miles to Fishkill, NY. We set up another Wal-Mart "campsite" and then drove to the home of Ed and Mary Lynne Hartmann. I worked with Ed while at Prodigy. Ed was the VP of Systems, Networking and Operations and had responsibility for the Prodigy Data Center.

Mary Lynne fixed a delightful lunch of cold cucumber soup and a do-it-yourself spinach salad. Later we drove to their 25' power boat docked in New Hamburg, NY. We took a leisurely trip north on the Hudson River to Poughkeepsie and then south to Newburgh where we docked and had dinner at The River restaurant, right on the Hudson River. We returned to their marina at night. What an enjoyable evening! Later they visited us in our "home" and we showed them how Gypsy, Tramp & Thief live on the road. We hope to have the opportunity to visit longer in the future.

BTW, Ed recently had the same knee replacement surgery that MA had last year. They got to compare stories of pain, anguish, depression, disappointment and agony. Great evening!