On patrol: A Grand River.

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After 10 days on the narrow upper estuary and the even narrower Mohawk, it’s striking to round Verplanck Point and see the vastness of Haverstraw Bay and the Tappan Zee unfold.

This truly is a Grand River.

My photo doesn’t do it justice, but you get the idea.

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