Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all of the Dads out there and especially to my Dad who is the captain of this wonderful adventure. You rock!

The past two days were spent checking out the sights of NYC and figuring out other modes of transportation aside from sailing (subway, ferries, buses, etc...). On Friday, my Dad and I met up with my friend Courtney and went to the Today Show to hear James Taylor sing with Carol King. Then, we walked all through Central Park. Later we met up with a few other friends for lunch (Cindy and Anne F.) and watched USA tie Slovenia in the World Cup. Then, we trotted over to meet Dad's friend Jeff Rogers at Miya Shoji studio where we saw some incredible Japanese art. Thanks Jeff!

On Friday, my friend Jenny and I toured the city again while my Dad hung behind to do the chores on the boat. Thanks Pops! Today, we said good bye to all of our New York friends and headed up the East River past Manhattan to Long Island Sound. On the way we past under several famous bridges (Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, Queensboro Bridge, and several others). We also passed LaGuardia Airport and waved to the inmates on Rikers Island. Now, we are tied up to a mooring at Manhassett Bay Yacht Club. We tied up in perfect timing, just before a thunderstorm rolled through. We took off our shoes and had a beer as we watched the rain come down (see picture above). The MBYC opened in 1891 and has done a great job maintaining it's Gatsby-like charm. Tomorrow we take off to Huntington Bay just a little bit further down the sound. Once there we plan on taking the dinghy ashore to check out the town and buy some provisions.

Thanks to all of you who are following the blog and keep the comments coming! We love them. You can check out my latest photos on Facebook. For those who do not have Facebook, I'm also working on posting pictures on another public site which I will post a link to soon once I have it set up.

And, one last shout out to cousin Carson Hogge who recently graduated from Freeman High School and is headed to VMI soon. Way to go Carson!!