I thought that boating season was pretty much over for the Winter,
but there was such a warm and sunny day in January,
that I decided to take a short trip with Anthony Lepore down the Harlem River.
He has a friend who works for the New York Restoration Project in Swindler’s Cove.
They turned this whole area that used to be sort of a dump,
into a place where people can learn about the Harlem River Estuary.
As we paddle out, we had to dodge a few motors that seemed to have escaped the clean-up.
Coming out of the cove, we picked up the current going down the Harlem River.
January 7th, 2007. It must have been over 60 F.
No one was in sight at the Flotilla 51 Yacht club.
In fact, no one seemed to be out anywhere.
Once again, I was struck by how how quiet and remote it felt to be out on the water.
We were just a few miles from Times Square.
We decided to get out and take a look around.
Someone was feeding birds under the old Croton Aqueduct.
Back in the boat, Anthony told me about his upcoming trip to New Zealand.
He will be meeting two friends to Kayak around some of the small unpopulated islands,
and taking photographs at the National Zoo.
We landed a little South of Swindler’s Cove.
The weather wass so warm, it almost seemed like Spring.
It looked like the trees thought so too.
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