NYCkayaker Oh What A Night!

[CleanerHudson at aol.com]

Yes.......it was a great night!
 
Fran and Barbie and Fred and Bob and the other Bob and Jill and Mo and Mo's  
friend from San Fran area and OH YES! the moon!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Around 6:30 PM we began paddling slowly northward from Cold Spring and soon  
reached the area near Little Stony Point NYS Park. What with the talking and 
the  baying and the laughter we didn't notice we were soon way south of there.
 
 
Ah Ha...an ebb tide at night will do that to ya. It was just as well  as 
other paddlers then had an easier time to join up with us. A couple  boaters asked 
us if we wanted some adult beverages...all declined. 
 

Soon the full moon! 
 
Silently rising from behind the eastern hills of the Hudson  
Highlands...shining through the trees and remaining fall leafs. 
 
We paddled back north and got to see several more  moonrises......fabulous!
 
At one point we found ourselves at the intersection of moonbeams on  the 
water from the east and the reflected light from a  southbound freight train as it 
rounded Storm King...outstanding!
 
Bob Auchincloss from Kasual Kayakers in the Poughkeepsie area had his  scull. 
He slowed down his pace to stay with the other paddlers and took  some 
pictures. That craft can f-l-y!
 
Mo and his brother-in-law headed to the waters off Breakneck Mountain while  
the rest of us went south.
 
Too soon back at Foundry Dock Park, everyone helped each other load kayaks  
onto roof-tops and soon we were away to the Depot Restaurant. Dinner,  
beverages and laughter completed a super evening. Non-organized events can be  
g-r-e-a-t! 
 
Maybe that was the last full-moon paddle of the year....
 
Maybe.........
 
Maybe........
 
For me, water temps of 50 degrees or lower = not paddling.
 
IF the water temp is at or above 50 degrees on November 4, for me the next  
full moon paddle will be November 4...leaving Cold Spring at 4:30 PM...
 
Or if the water temp is below 50 just meeting at the Depot Restaurant  for 
dinner ???????????
 
In any event, thanks to all who paddled last Saturday night.......OH What A  
Night!
 
Walt Thompson
 
U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department
Sun and Moon Data for One Day
The following information is provided for Newburgh, Orange County, New York  
(longitude W74.0, latitude N41.5): 
        Saturday 

        4 November 2006       Eastern Standard Time          



                         SUN

                  

        Sunset                     4:47 p.m.                 

        End civil twilight         5:16 p.m.                 



                         MOON

                Moonrise                   4:03 p.m.                 

        
Phase of the Moon on 4 November:   waxing gibbous with 99% of the Moon's  
visible disk illuminated.  
Full Moon on 5 November 2006 at 7:58 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

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