First stop on the Hudson River, the Half Moon Bay Marina in Croton-on-Hudson, NY

July 12, Half Moon Bay Marina in Croton-on-Hudson, NY

We had visited this marina on our first go around, the first stop on the Hudson River after NYC. The dock master is eager to please, and we landed there successfully. Another Looper couple was next door, always a treat to meet these people who have a love of this boating looper life. Their boat was named “Call Me Curley!”, and we enjoyed a couple of hours talking, laughing, and telling stories.

While sitting there, Sharon, the wife, noticed a big red spot on Dan’s leg. She was quite adamant that it looked like a tick bite, and we’d better get to Urgent Care right away. I knew it must have been bothering Dan already, because he readily agreed that we should do just that.

Long story short, we did get to an Urgent Care, they supposed it is a tick bite. Asked if he’d had any unusual aches and pains lately. He had had some fairly significant pains in his legs and butt lately, to the extent it has been hard for him to get out of bed. We thought it was just his age (!), and lots of unusual ups and down stairs and in and out of engine room. They drew blood, gave him a prescription for antibiotics. We filled it right away, so he could get started on the treatment that evening.

He probably does have Lyme disease, the treatment for which is just antibiotics.

Next morning, we continued our trip up the Hudson River. Next stop, on Rondout Creek, the Hudson River Maritime Museum.