Where is the hudson river
Virtual Road Trip: Hudson River
Hello everybody how's it going out there
Welcome to Virtual Road Trip
Glad to have you along for the ride, as always
Yea, I'm back
I know it's been awhile since my last video
I think probably over a month now
That's because, A: I've been busy
B: I've been kinda working on a little bit of a different type of video here
A little bit more, I guess educational or interact-
Well, I don't know if interactive is the right word but,
A little different, but we'll still go for a ride don't worry
As the name of the video suggests
We're going to be running along the Hudson River
We're gonna give a little bit of a lesson I guess you could call it
A little background on the Hudson just very general but,
Something new I'm gonna try, let me know what you think
Ah the Hudson River
The jewel of New York State
And perhaps one of the most important rivers in the country
The banks of the Hudson River have been inhabited by Natives for hundred of years
European colonization began after the discovery of the river by Henry Hudson in 1609
With the founding of New Amsterdam at the river's southern end
The future New York City would make the Hudson River one of the nation's most important natural resources.
At a length of 315 miles
The Hudson starts in the Adirondack Mountains in the northern part of the state
And basically heads due south
To New York Harbor
The source of the Hudson, located here
Is Lake Tear of the Clouds
A small mountain lake in the Adirondacks
Fun Fact: Once visited by president Theodore Roosevelt
The river makes it''s only significant bend here,
At the cities of Glenns Falls and Hudson Falls
When the river reaches the Capital District
And the City of Albany
It meets it's major tributary, the Mohawk River from the west
Now we're going to zoom in the lower Hudson, below Albany
The Esopus Creek, which is a creek I feature a lot in my videos
Empties into the Hudson here, at Saugerties NY
Just a little further to the south the Rondout Creek
Which I feature often on this channel
Empties into the Hudson at Kingston Point
Home of the famous Kingston Lighthouse, seen here
As we head further down the river reaches is deepest point as it snakes through the Hudson Highlands
And past West Point
Home of the United States Millitary Academy
And Army football
The Hudson reaches it's widest point at Haverstraw Bay and the Tappen Zee
Resembling more of an inland sea then an actual river
And of course at it's southern end the Hudson reaches New York Bay
A deep and pristine bay
Perfect for huge amounts of shipping, an commerce
As you head down this part of the Hudson, the most southern part
You'll see the beautiful cliffs
Known as the Palasades Sill
One of the most prominent natural features in the New York City area
Well I hope you enjoyed today's lesson
That's like I said something new I'm trying and,
I hope I did well it's much harder to edit then straight footage
Anyway we're know quite to the river yet, we still got to
Get there, that's part of the journey right
So we're gonna go through a small town here and,
Pretty soon we'll be heading down by the Hudson River itself
Enjoy the ride
This road is appropriately named and,
What's funny is I actually discovered this road quite recently
I've been past it countless times in my life but,
I'd never gone down it until a couple of months ago
I'm glad I did because it's a rare chance to get really close to the river
Looks like the sun might be coming out a little bit here
As I've been saying a lot the weather has been pretty cruddy
This spring and early summer
Lately it's definitely warmed up and the sun has been out more often so,
I figure ya know, it's a nice day so lets
Lets pull over and taker a closer look at the river
This view is a couple miles south of Kingston Point
On the western bank of the river
Interesting fact and maybe you noticed there
The water in this part of the Hudson below Albany, actually Troy, NY
Can flow both south and north
Due to the tides of the Atlantic Ocean
Which I guess technically makes the Hudson, a fjord?
Little change of scenery here for ya
A couple months back
I took this nice ride on the Taconic
And I've explained this highway before
In other videos
So I won't go through it again but,
I figured when else am I going to use this footage might as well as
Give you a little extra here
So I hope you enjoyed this video, hope it was worth the wait
Figured I'd try something new, give a little background on where I was going
I mean if you're not from this area
You probably have no idea where we are or what I'm talking about on these road trips so,
It's always good to know where you're going if you're going there, if you can
It's something I'm going to try to do more often with my videos
It might me they take a little longer to make but,
I think it's better in the long run so,
Yea that's gonna do it for this one
I hope you enjoyed
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I always appreciate my subscribers both new and old, shout out to all of you
Yea, you know the drill
Until next time, enjoy the ride
I'll see you then
