New York Day 2

You thought I forgot about you, didn't you. No, just needed to wait until lunch time to get my post in.

As a wise man (Douglas Adams) once wrote, "Time is an illusion. Lunch time doubly so."

Here are pictures from the second day in New York. The first day I had a charged battery in my Nikon! Hooray!

We thought it would be fun to take the Staten Island Ferry into the city. It was fun. Getting to the Ferry was a major challenge. Bridges and Toll Booths and Traffic, oh my!

There is a very nice 9/11 memorial along the water near the terminal.




I did not know this until we got there, but the complex is the home of the Staten Island Yankees. The New York/Penn league rivals of our local minor league heroes the Lowell Spinners. There was a game that night. I don't know if they were playing Lowell or not. I hate the Yankees.



It was a beautiful day and the view during the crossing was wonderful.


The highlight of the ferry trip was, obviously, the Statue of Liberty.


My stepson wanted skyscrapers? How's this for skyscrapers?


Obligatory blurry subway train photo.


The Flatiron building in the foreground and the Empire State building in the background.


The Empire State building. So humongous you can't even fit it into one picture.


I had never heard of Greeley Square before, but I liked it very much.


The view from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. We went to the top of Rockefeller Center the day before and had no plans to go up to the Empire State Building observation level, but once we were there we couldn't not go. Here we look down at the Chrysler building.


Looking up at the highest point in the city.


You can see people at the Top of the Rock.


Flatiron.


The Brooklyn Bridge... I think... isn't it?


Welcome to Times Square.




The Toys 'R Us ferris wheel was the reason for our visit to Times Square. Unfortunately the tickets on sale when we got there were for over an hour away. It was too long to wait.


We did get to see another T-Rex while we were there.


Our walk through Times Square took place during the start of rush hour. Talk about your mobs of people!


Random huge building.


Another random huge building.


Back on the ferry, looking at the financial district.


And we'll close up with a couple of pictures of the sun setting behind the Statue of Liberty. Day two in the city was another great day.