Mar 21, 2009

NYC Day Two (Part 1)

We are down at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri with Dave and Camilla for the weekend and hoping the rain holds off for awhile. Dave is cooking breakfast and we will be heading to the golf course soon. So I thought I would try to get part one of the second day of NYC up for you all to check out.

Since we stayed up pretty late that Monday night, we allowed ourselves to sleep in a little and got started with our day around 9:30am. The first thing we tackled was the New York subway system. Ashley was on the ball and had figured out which trains we needed to take to help minimize our confusion. Since our hotel was near Central Park and today's ventures started with Ground Zero, it would not be possible to walk that far. The subways are a great deal because you can ride as far as you want for just $2. It only took about 20 minutes to ride down to where Ground Zero is located. We walked around trying to peak in the best we could. There is a lot of construction going on and it was pretty hard to see anything. It was mind blowing to think that just 7.5 years earlier the two tallest buildings in the city stood in that very spot. Nothing has been built yet, but you could see some progress on what they are doing.

After taking that all in it was time for some coffee (from a street vendor of course) and then on to the Staten Island Ferry. Again Ashley came through on the saving money front. We could have either paid some money for a boat ride that goes right next to the Statue of Liberty or paid nothing to ride the Staten Island Ferry and just be a little further away. It afforded us some great views of the Statue, Ellis Island, and the city. Also, when we got to the other side we had a delicious Nathan's hot dog while we waited on the next ferry to come over. It was pretty cold since we stood on an outdoor deck, but well worth it. Once back to the city side we trekked it to Wall St. and the Trinity Church. There really was nothing exciting to see on Wall St., just more so to say we went there.

That will wrap up the first half of Day 2 (Tues. March 10). Right now we are all hanging out in the condo after a good afternoon of golf. I will try to finish up day 2 when we get back to Illinois tomorrow evening. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and the pictures below!


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