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On Friday we enjoyed the sunshine at Kingston Point Beach. A beach in winter is a favorite outing for us.
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Mathilda is now an exhibit at the maritime museum. She was built in Quebec in 1898, and spent many years working in Montreal Harbor and New York Harbor-- she was the oldest steam tug in operation (in the States) when she retired to Kingston in 1969.
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Icebreakers in the distance. This is the Roundout Creek -- a tributary of the Hudson River. It was nearly 50 degrees on Friday, so it was a day of melting, and we enjoyed an extra
extra long walk.
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A close up of the snowy beach.