Planning to spend one night in Kingston, we ended up spending three. What a great town! Kingston was the first capital of NY, so appointed in 1777. It is located on Rondout Creek, the terminus of the D & H Canal. Never heard of the D & H Canal? Neither had we. It was a canal that was dug with private funding, connecting the Delaware River with the Hudson River. Then along came the Erie Canal and the D & H canal was filled in to make way for the D & H Railroad, still running to this day.
Kingston was planning a Tyme Fest for the weekend (think old timey pirates,ice cream social, costume ball, etc), Farmer's Market in the historic uptown area, period-costumed citizens at the oldl Senate House, arrival of the Hudson sloop Clearwater (whose existence is funded by folk singer Pete Seeger) and so much more that so we had to stay and join in. The townspeople accepted us as one of their own and for a short period of time, we become "Kingstonians".
As fate would have it, Litenup III was berthed at the foot of Broadway, basking in the glow of the newly christened waterfront park, surrounded by the festivities.
To top it all off, we were joined by friends Don and Carol Schneider who drove up from Westport, CT to spend the day with us! Wehave rarely seen them since Terry, Tom and Don all worked for Frank B. Hall so there was lots of catching up to do.
Kingston was planning a Tyme Fest for the weekend (think old timey pirates,ice cream social, costume ball, etc), Farmer's Market in the historic uptown area, period-costumed citizens at the oldl Senate House, arrival of the Hudson sloop Clearwater (whose existence is funded by folk singer Pete Seeger) and so much more that so we had to stay and join in. The townspeople accepted us as one of their own and for a short period of time, we become "Kingstonians".
As fate would have it, Litenup III was berthed at the foot of Broadway, basking in the glow of the newly christened waterfront park, surrounded by the festivities.
To top it all off, we were joined by friends Don and Carol Schneider who drove up from Westport, CT to spend the day with us! Wehave rarely seen them since Terry, Tom and Don all worked for Frank B. Hall so there was lots of catching up to do.
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