The Big Apple

5/31/11 Tuesday     Pam & I enjoyed a leisurely morning at anchor behind the Statue of Liberty before heading out into the Hudson. The river is as busy as anyplace I've boated. Not much in the way of recreational boating but the commercial traffic is non stop. Water taxis zooming in every direction throwing 3' wakes. We were bobbing like a cork as we travelled north along Manhattan. The traffic continued until we got up around Grant's Tomb and once we passed under the George Washington Bridge it was like we entered a different world.

Ellis Island

Water taxi's everywhere!

Empire State Building from the Hudson.

Grant's Tomb.

George Washington Bridge.

We continued on up the Hudson past Yonkers and on to Half Moon Bay Marina at Croton-On-Hudson, NY. They give a good rate to "Loopers" and it is convenient to the train station. We arrived in time to give Tourist a good wash job to get the salt off.

6/1/11     Wednesday     This morning we went to the "gourmet" grocery store to prepare for the arrival of Frank & Peg. One word describes this place. Dirty! Later we discovered a ShopRite store that was more to Pam's liking.
For the next four days we used Half Moon Bay as our base of operations taking the train into NYC each day and returning to Tourist in the evening. Rather than bore you with an hourly account I'll just show pictures of some of what we saw. I will say that we used the train, subway, taxi, and Grayline to get around.

Frank & Peg arrive.

Grand Central Terminal

5th Ave.

No one was arrested!

Macy's

View to the South from Empire State Bldg.

Flat Iron Building

Ground Zero Flag

U.N.

Central Park memorial to John Lennon at Strawberry Fields across from the Dakota Apts.

"Big" piano at FAO Schwarz.

The Plaza Hotel

Trump Tower. (nice bar)

Pam peeking in the window trying to see Brian Kilmeade. We did see Juan Williams exit the building and he waved to us.

Inside St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Autographed Playbill from stage play.

Pam & me with Tom Wopat (best known as Luke Duke on Dukes of Hazzard) backstage at the Neil Simon Theater.

Dinner @ Carmine's with new friends.

Times Square

Checking the schedule to get back to Tourist.

New York is an experience you have to do at least once in your life. It touches every one of your senses one at a time and sometimes all at once!