New York City......... "WOW"

Jeff and Sheryl arrived at the State Park, and within minutes they were setup, and then we were off to Boston. We caught the ferry to downtown Boston, and our #1 Bucket List item was to have a cold one at the "Cheer's Bar".  We jumped on a Boston Sightseeing Bus and listened to the tour guide tell us all about his life (Annoying).  With a little bit of luck, the tour bus went right by the "Cheer's Bar", so we were off the bus.

We had a great afternoon, and evening, with our Wheelhouse friends, but all good times come to an end.

We jumped on the subway to get back downtown, to the pier, to catch the last ferry back to the State Park.

In the morning we said our good-byes to Jeff and Sheryl.  We probably won't see them again until summer.

Down the highway we went, heading to Plymouth Rock.  We came across a Cranberry Bog where they were harvesting the Cranberry's.  We have no idea how all of those berries end up in one spot, but it was pretty cool to see.  It appeared that they vacuum the berries into an awaiting semi truck trailer.

We stopped in Plymouth to see this historic town.  We could ramble on forever about Christopher Columbus, the Mayflower, the old Victorian buildings, and lots of history stuff, but we will spare you all those details.                      Google it yourself...  :-))

It was then time to head for New York City.  The RV Park we stayed at was right on the Hudson River, and we could see the Statue of Liberty, way off in to distance.  Let us tell you, driving through New York City, with a 40 foot long box behind us, and also trying to avoid a low clearance tunnel and bridge, is not what we would call fun. Once we arrived, it was perfect.  We didn't drive the truck once, the whole 5 days.  The subway station was just 5 short blocks away.  Our first day out we only got lost how many times???  It was so much fun, except for the rain storm that came through, and soaked us while we were on an open air doubledecker bus.  After our first day, we felt like old pro's getting around on the Subway's.   Well, maybe not pro's....

We have a bazillion pictures of the city, during the day and at night, so we will try not to bore you with to many of them.

1 World Trade Center

Downtown from a tour boat ride on the Hudson River

Very Beautiful Church

 

Rockefeller Center (Ice Skating Rink Was Just Installed)

United Nations Building (When the Flags are flying they are in Session)

Amazing Central Park

Old and New Macy's, and the Empire State Building

We spent a few hours at the 9/11 Memorial, which was quite a moving moment for the both of us.  The 2 fountains are where the original towers once stood, and the victims names are inscribed on the bronze perimeter, as a headstone for all those lost.  The pear tree, in the upper left corner, became known as the Survivor Tree after sustaining extensive damage, but living through the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. In October of 2001, the tree with lifeless limbs, snapped roots and blackened trunk was discovered and freed from the piles of smoldering rubble in the plaza of the World Center.  The tree was originally planted in the 1970's in the vicinity of buildings four and five in the World Trade Center complex near Church Street.

A white rose was place on a few of the names honoring their birthdays.

Grand Central Station was absolutely incredible, and we were there at a slow time of the day.  There are tunnels going off in all different directions, tracks coming and going on all different levels, people going every direction, and somehow it all works.  Put it on your list of must see's if you are ever in NYC.

We stopped by the David Letterman Show, and wished we would have had tickets.  We wandered around to the side street, and found the famous "HELLO DELI" that David talks about every so often.  The deli is located right next to where David's guests arrive and leave.  We managed to see the Cue Card Guy (in the yellow shorts) and we had the privilege to speak with Paul Shaffer, and Roberta snapped a quick picture of him  (bottom right corner), as he walked to his car.  Then Roberta went across the street, hoping to see David, or his guest Lucy Liu.  I was on the other side of the street also hoping. No such luck.....

We went up to the observation deck, at the top of the Rockefeller Center (Top of the Rock), to see the city at night.  We wish now that we would have got there right before dark to see the city during the day also.

We couldn't visit New York City without seeing Time Square at night.  This city is so amazing.  We can see how people fall in love with it.  There is always something going on.

After 4 days of walking around New York City, we had to move on to our next destination, Atlantic City.  We never did find Waldo in NYC (Like we were even looking), but we will never forget our time here.

Thanks for looking in on us,

Steve and Roberta