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It was an interesting day on the water. Waves, wind, and spray
It was an interesting day on the water. Waves, wind,…
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Goodbye, sweet friend. You were a good bumper for the last five years. If anyone has a small tire we can use to replace the one now at the bottom of the river and is near Haverstraw…
Goodbye, sweet friend. You were a good bumper for the…
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The amazingly bumpin’ streets of Haverstraw, a magical land where white, black, and brown people bustle around downtown
The amazingly bumpin’ streets of Haverstraw, a magical land where…
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The Elks come ready to talk it out face-to-face
Misunderstanding resolved: The Elks come ready to talk it out…
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Interview with Ginny Norfleet. We talked about the invisible stories of 400 years of African-American history in Haverstraw NY
Interview with Ginny Norfleet. We talked about the invisible stories…
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This is us docked in Haverstraw moments before a member of the Elks Lodge kicked us off their docks
This is us docked in Haverstraw moments before the all…
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Indian Point Energy Center is a three-unit nuclear power plant station located in Buchanan, New York
Indian Point Energy Center is a three-unit nuclear power plant…
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The Hudson river highlands are incredibly beautiful. Old rounded granite reminds me of the sierra Nevada mountains. #shantyboat
The Hudson river highlands are incredibly beautiful. Old rounded granite…
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U.S.Army FB-814 gives tours out of West Point. Today they got a special tour feature. #shantyboat #tourboat #westpoint
U.S.Army FB-814 gives tours out of West Point. Today they…
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Mystery train bridge near World’s End. What is it bridging? #shantyboat #mysterytrain
Mystery train bridge near World’s End. What is it bridging?…
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John Chamberlain sculptures at Dia:Beacon. He referred to these as Gondolas
John Chamberlain sculptures at Dia:Beacon. He referred to these as…
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Poughkeepsie bridges at sunset. #shantyboat
Poughkeepsie bridges at sunset. #shantyboat
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We drew a sizable crowd on the Poughkeepsie pedestrian bridge. #shantyboat
We drew a sizable crowd on the Poughkeepsie pedestrian bridge.…
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This looks like nothing, but when you’re in a boat with 10 inches of freeboard and you have a 10 mph following wind and associated waves against a strong upstream tidal current, it is decently terrifying. #shantyboat #LittleBigWaves
This looks like nothing, but when you’re in a boat…
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@gooddoghazel and I wait for the laundry #shantyboat
@gooddoghazel and I wait for the laundry #shantyboat
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Boats work both ways, keeping water out AND keeping water in, particularly during northeast torrential summer rains #shantyboat #bailing
Boats work both ways, keeping water out AND keeping water…
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Looks like rain destroyed our canopy (and our bamboo poles) while we were in the city. #shantyboat #theWeatherStrikesBack
Looks like rain destroyed our canopy (and our bamboo poles)…
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NYC Chinatown feels very welcoming and very Blade Runner. #shantyboat #nyc #chinatown
NYC Chinatown feels very welcoming and very Blade Runner. #shantyboat…
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Assembling the pier at WhiteBox. #artshow #exhibition #secrethistory
Assembling the pier at WhiteBox. #artshow #exhibition #secrethistory
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Staging the exhibition. #shantyboat #artshow
Staging the exhibition. #shantyboat #artshow
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Secret History sweatshop. Prepping for setting up the @whiteboxny exhibition tomorrow #shantyboat #artshow #exhibition
Secret History sweatshop. Prepping for setting up the @whiteboxny exhibition…
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Back up in Whitehall, drop in to visit our favorite laundromat so far. #shantyboat #laudromat
Back up in Whitehall, drop in to visit our favorite…
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Amtrak Empire Service through upstate New York. #shantyboat #amtrak #upstate
Amtrak Empire Service through upstate New York. #shantyboat #amtrak #upstate
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Next phase of our shantyboat journey: Amtrak north to get the truck. #shantyboat #amtrak #crazytrain
Next phase of our shantyboat journey: Amtrak north to get…
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The western half of the historic Rondout district along Rondout Creek in Kingston. The entire largely black neighborhood east of Broadway was bulldozed as part of “urban renewal“ in the 1960s. #shantyboat #urbanrenewal #lostneighborhood #invisiblestories
The western half of the historic Rondout district along Rondout…
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Current exhibits in the Jeremiah Daniels Executive Washroom Gallery aboard the shantyboat. #shantyboat #artgallery
Current exhibits in the Jeremiah Daniels Executive Washroom Gallery aboard…
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Though part of the American landscape since at least the 19th century, with the exception of a handful of memoirs and pulp fiction, there is very little written about shantyboat communities. #shantyboat #pulpfiction
Though part of the American landscape since at least the…
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Leo Bower generously shared photos he’s collected of the early days of the Hudson waterfront
Leo Bower generously shared photos he’s collected of the early…
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Stilllife with shantyboat #shantyboat #stilllife
Stilllife with shantyboat #shantyboat #stilllife
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The jonboat looks like a swimming pool after last night’s torrential downfall #shantyboat #heavyrain #rain
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Interview with Mary Liz and Paul Stewart about the Underground Railroad History Project they co-instigate
Interview with Mary Liz and Paul Stewart about the Underground…
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Lovely to interview Mary Liz and Paul Stewart from the Underground Railroad Project in Albany, NY. We were able to catch them after their presentation at the Black History conference at HRMM. undergroundrailroadhistory.org/
Lovely to interview Mary Liz and Paul Stewart from the…
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In the Riverport Wooden Boat School (part of the Hudson River Maritime Museum) people are building big and little boats
In the Riverport Wooden Boat School (part of the Hudson…
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Benzy’s photo of the Hudson Lighthouse as we were returning too late and too dark across the river from Athens
Benzy’s photo of the Hudson Lighthouse as we were returning…
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We mist have arrived at Rondout Creek in Kingston because here is the beautiful Clearwater Sloop
We mist have arrived at Rondout Creek in Kingston because…
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Interview with Leo Bower. We talked about the town of Hudson, the Fugary shantytown and the characters who lived there
Interview with Leo Bower. We talked about the town of…
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Greetings from Hudson New York
Greetings from Hudson New York
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In Hudson NY there are over 120 Bangladeshi families, some of whom maintain a community garden along the river down by the Shacks. Seeing the women’s bright clothes among the rich greens of the garden was beautiful
In Hudson NY there are over 120 Bangladeshi families, some…
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The mysteries of low tide. This is the first we’ve been in a tidal river
The mysteries of low tide. This is the first we’ve…
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Exploring Hudson’s Fugery Boat Club, i.e., the North Dock Tin Boat Association or just the Shacks. A hundred year old collection of shanties whose occupants were evicted in 2013
Exploring Hudson’s Fugery Boat Club, i.e., the North Dock Tin…
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Spencer met us at the dock when we arrived in Hudson and was charming and helpful while we were there. He also told delightfully funny drunk stories
Spencer met us at the dock when we arrived in…
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This is my selfie of the captain of the Dotty, a kinda Cap’n Bly character
This is my selfie of the captain of the Dotty,…
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At ör in downtown Hudson. Beer and pool at noon on a hot day
At ör in downtown Hudson. Beer and pool at noon…
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So far, we are impressed by Hudson‘s necklace a beautiful parks above the bluff. Hudsons middle-of-the-river lighthouse in the background
So far, we are impressed by Hudson‘s necklace a beautiful…
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Seeking to understand new places as we move through them
Seeking to understand new places as we move through them
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Dear Yachters, you are responsible for your wake when you damage other people’s boats, and you are why we hate yachters. How many ways can you interpret “No Wake Zone?
Dear Yachters, you are responsible for your wake when you…
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The sleepy little hamlet of Castleton-on-Hudson
The sleepy little hamlet of Castleton-on-Hudson
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Miranda’s Deli in Albany, which was recommended to us by a passerby, has a long line at lunchtime
Miranda’s Deli in Albany, which was recommended to us by…
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Loitering under the Livingston Ave Swing Bridge built in 1866 and replaced in 1901. We talked to Steve who operated the bridge
Loitering under the Livingston Ave Swing Bridge built in 1866…
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After we started drinking at 10am in his birthday, Miah agreed to his next tat
After we started drinking at 10am in his birthday, Miah…
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Interview with Chris Callaghan who organizes the Steamboat Meet and the Tugboat Roundup at the Waterford Harbor
Interview with Chris Callaghan who organizes the Steamboat Meet and…
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Interview with Virginia Clarkson who told us all about growing up in the Bronx and made her way to Waterford
Interview with Virginia Clarkson who told us all about growing…
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Greeting party at the Rusty Anchor floating barge bar in Troy NY
Greeting party at the Rusty Anchor floating barge bar in…
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Ships hounds Hazel
Ships hounds Hazel
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Skipper Benzy
Skipper Benzy
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Whas up, Troy. We in you
Whas up, Troy. We in you
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Interview with Sean, Jess, Ayla, and Mia who talked about living in small town Upstate New York
Interview with Sean, Jess, Ayla, and Mia who talked about…
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Welcome our new shipmate Jeremiah who has been on all five Secret History expeditions since 2014
Welcome our new shipmate Jeremiah who has been on all…
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V, Shonica, and Carlos brought us breakfast. In exchange, we got them addicted to good espresso
V, Shonica, and Carlos brought us breakfast. In exchange, we…
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“We came upon a rickety house raft… putting upstream powered by an old outboard and piloted by a wrinkled, sun-tanned old man
“We came upon a rickety house raft... putting upstream powered…
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All of Bill’s friend join him on the tug to view the fireworks
All of Bill’s friend join him on the tug to…
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Exhibition in Waterford: more people than you can shake a stick at. Including my old Jr High school friend, Corey
Exhibition in Waterford: more people than you can shake a…
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Exhibition in Waterford: 99 people in the log, but probably three times as many through the boat today
Exhibition in Waterford: 99 people in the log, but probably…
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An hour hanging out on the back deck of the shantyboat with folklorist George Ward Who told us stories and sang us canal songs
An hour hanging out on the back deck of the…
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The Erie Canal starts (or ends, depending on your point of view) in Waterford New York. So big, imposing, and well-dressed, it looks like a set piece
The Erie Canal starts (or ends, depending on your point…
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Benzy as First Mate has been keeping the ship’s log. I love this. It is charming and she writes in the third person
Benzy as First Mate has been keeping the ship’s log.…
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Steamboat Meet at Waterford NY. Tiny tiny little steam powered beasties
Steamboat Meet at Waterford NY. Tiny tiny little steam powered…
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In north Troy, old money houses like these, clearly having seen better times, were next door to double wides
In north Troy, old money houses like these, clearly having…
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Headed across the river from Waterford to Troy
Headed across the river from Waterford to Troy
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After 18 years, I finally get to meet John Young and his awesome family
After 18 years, I finally get to meet John Young…
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The shantyboat art gallery and Jeremiah Daniels Executive Washroom. Art by Sascha, Gina, Butch, Maxine, Lanette, and Jessika
The shantyboat art gallery and Jeremiah Daniels Executive Washroom. Art…
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Best date night ever. Fireworks exploding all around us, playing cards, listening to marching band music to mask the fireworks for @gooddoghazel
Best date night ever. Fireworks exploding all around us, playing…
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Dramatic photo op in Waterford NY
Dramatic photo op in Waterford NY
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Shipmate John Young successfully completes his first certified under-over. Now he can be a roadie
Shipmate John Young successfully completes his first certified under-over. Now…
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Shantyboat still life by shipmate Kate Young
Shantyboat still life by shipmate Kate Young
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Proud captain of the Shantyboat Dotty @originalsportkilt
Proud captain of the Shantyboat Dotty @originalsportkilt
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Nearly played bingo. Apparently you have to show up on time because all the cards are sold within a few minutes
Nearly played bingo. Apparently you have to show up on…
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What happened down here? Half a block from the waterfront, what I had to have been the center of commerce or industry, now empty lots and ugly blocks of what look like low income housing
What happened down here? Have a block from the waterfront,…
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Thompson‘s camp. People apparently still sit on porches here, though I don’t see many of them on this very hot afternoon
Thompson‘s camp. People apparently still sit on porches here, though…
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While there is lots of old abandoned stuff around, some of the new abandoned stuff is intriguing
While there is lots of old abandoned stuff around, some…
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A river runs through it. Anthony Kill winds through Mechanicville
A river runs through it. Anthony Kill winds through Mechanicville
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We sadly say fare-thee-well to our shipmates Ariel and Sascha
We sadly say fare-thee-well to our shipmates Ariel and Sascha
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Little beach campfire along the shore of the Hudson River
Little beach campfire along the shore of the Hudson River
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Shantyboat beached on the Hudson River
Shantyboat beached on the Hudson River
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Thinking more about environmental toxins
“For over 45 years, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has been…
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Glens Falls famous
Glens Falls famous
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Back alleys of Schuylerville NY. We stopped for 1) ice cream, 2) a sandwich, 3) a few groceries, 4) a quick shower, 5) a load of wash
Back alleys of Schuylerville NY. We stopped for 1) ice…
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What exactly are we passing through?
What exactly are we passing through?
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Please welcome our new shipmates Sascha and Ariel who joined us just before we left Ft Edward
Please welcome our new shipmates Sascha and Ariel who joined…
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We found an old bridge across a little creek in an inlet on the Hudson. Benzy asks: “But is it authentic?
We found an old bridge across a little creek in…
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@gooddoghazel being cute in a patch of sun
@gooddoghazel being cute in a patch of sun
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This is where 1.3 million pounds of PCBs were discharged into the Hudson River
Benzy says: “This is where approximately 1.3 million pounds of…
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Secret History shantyboat in Fort Edward’s Yacht Basin
Secret History shantyboat in Fort Edward’s Yacht Basin
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An over-coffee todo plan
An over-coffee todo plan
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Hard rain on the Hudson River. Time to make tea
Hard rain on the Hudson River. Time to make tea
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Arrived in Fort Edward Yacht Basin where the seawall dwarfs us a bit
Arrived in Fort Edward Yacht Basin where the seawall dwarfs…
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Results of a 1am emergency loft skeeter netting encapsulation project. Despite the rain, apparently we had posted up in Mosquito Central near Lock 8
Results of a 1am emergency loft skeeter netting encapsulation project.…
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Posted up right under the surprisingly fancy signal at Lock 8 for the night
Posted up right under the surprisingly fancy signal at Lock…
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Interview with Brian Abrams, Chief Lock Operator at Lock 9 on the Champlain Canal, who talked about his 21 years on the NY Canal System
Interview with Brian Abrams, Chief Lock Operator at Lock 9…
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Shantyboat moored at Lock 9 on the Champlain Canel
Shantyboat moored at Lock 9 on the Champlain Canel
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