October 5

On Friday, we had plans to meet my college roommate, Jeff Jones, whom I hadn't seen for many, many years. Because he was flying out extremely early the next morning for New Mexico, we wanted to get to Newburg for lunch in the early afternoon. We left the anchorage in fog with fair visibility but ran into a variety of visibility after that. The picture above is an example (exaggerated by the camera) of some of the poorest conditions we faced.
In places the visibility was great and we were able to enjoy scenes like this along the way. We got to see Jeff at Torches Restaurant on the waterfront at Newburg. We had a nice time catching up on each other's lives since we last saw each other. Neither of us have done a good job of keeping track of our friends from Brown. Annette and I are kicking ourselves because we both forgot to get a picture of Jeff taken. But, for those who know him, just remember what he looked like when you last saw him all those years ago and add a little grey hair. He looks just the same.
After leaving Jeff, we motored to Bannerman's Island, also know as Pollepel Island. Here are the ruins of a castle and and arsenal, similar to Boldt Castle but far less beautiful and in very poor shape. It was here that we would spend the night and the next day and night as we waited for our friends on Eagle's Wings to rejoin us.
Waiting was not hard to do as we enjoyed sunsets like this one.