Mr. Lake takes listener on a hunt to gather fresh water eels for data documentation and animal preservation efforts in Hunter's Brook, a tributary of the Hudson River.
Ms. McClure tells the story of Elsie May Warden who ventured off into mountains while nine months pregnant to gather blueberries and went into labor before coming back down.
Ms. Carey recalls the time her children's babysitter rode the ferry between Newburgh and Beacon, N.Y., on a cold winter's night. Because the Hudson River had froze the ferry could not reach the dock so was forced to remain stuck in ice overnight.
