We travelled up the Hudson Highlands, perhaps the most majestic views of the entire Hudson River Valley. It was a short day, only 15 miles of being underway because our destination was Newburgh, NY in order to take a tour of Bannerman's Island. We past West Point on our way up river - great, large old stone structures. We docked up at Torches Marina and boarded a tour boat for the island. Bannerman was a buyer and seller of artillery hardware, such as cannons, rifles, black powder. He stored millions of articles in castle like structures on the island from 1880 till about 1930. The structures have deterioated, but a group is trrying to restore the structures and the island vegetation. Our ticket purchases will help that effort. Here we are on Bannerman's Island overlooking the great Hudson River Highlands.
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