Paddling From Yonkers to 79th St. Boat Basin

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Kath and I and our long-time “canoe buddy” Tim Lewis paddled our canoes – ours a pretty much brand-new dark green 17-foot We No Nah Sundowner, his a red 16-foot Old Town Penobscot—right up to the main dock of Manhattan’s 79th Street Boat Basin, and tied up like we owned the place.When Kath and I stepped out unto the dock we’d finished canoeing the entire Hudson River (having been inspired by Peter Lourie’s River of Mountains: A Canoe Journey down the Hudson) from the Indian River white-water rafting put-in in the Adirondacks to Manhattan (except for Kath and I and our long-time “canoe buddy” Tim Lewis paddled our…

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