Kingston –Saugerties/Catskill--Leeton’s First Day of School

Kingston is a small waterfront town with many restaurants and hair salons It is very pretty and in one of the stores they sold blue jeans for $185-quaint! We rode the city bus to the uptown district which is called the Stockade district—great lunch and interesting buildings—particularly the Dutch Reformed Church.  In the cemetery the headstones dated back to the 1600’s and Woodstock, NY is only a short drive away. Even though Woodstock was a significant event of our youth, we decided not to visit (we would have to rent a car to see a field). The radio station is out of Woodstock and they play a lot of oldies like Joe Cocker, Van Morrison and Bob Marley—we sigh. Upstream we anchored in Saugerties Creek where the inverter had some issues so Saturday will be in the city of Catskill at the base of the Catskill Mountains to get some bla bla so we will have power when we anchor out. Thursday was a red letter day in our family—it is Leeton Norris’s first day of school. Her Grandpa Bitz and Grandma Lolo are feeling a little old (seems she was a baby yesterday) but she had a blast and we are proud.

This church was the 1600's era Dutch Reform



Rondout Lighthouse at Kingston

New York's first Senate Bldg

Leeton's first day at Northeast Elementary

She is so grownup!

Katie reports a very successful first day!