New York City Passage

Entered the great city of NY City towing a 5th wheel during the middle of rush hour, trying to follow the road signs and not to mention detour signs to hopefully make it to the RV park that is settled right in the middle of downtown...talk about a tense time!! However, we made it without any disasters other than our nerves being shot...but we took care of that shortly after arriving with happy hour time lol. After we were parked and set up our truck didn't move, we traveled by subway everywhere we went which, was an experience in it's self, we only got lost once!
We had an awesome 4 days there taking in all the sights and enjoying the night life with my cousin Chris and his friend David!!
Jerry and I took a ferry over to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, what a sight it must have been for all the immigrants that came to our country and she was the first thing they saw. She was amazing to see in my eyes and to think that at one time she was the tallest structure in NY. Ellis Island seemed to have a eerie and ghostly feeling to it, reading about all of the millions of immigrants that passed through there in hopes to become part of the American dream. There was a quote from one of the polish immigrants that said: he was told that the streets in America were paved with gold and once he arrived he realized that they were not paved in gold they were in fact dirt roads and he was expected to pave them. Leaving Ellis Island you come away feeling a little humble and thankful for the life we have.
We also took a tour of the 9/11 Memorial wow... reliving that day and the different emotions that we felt going through the tour such as sadness and anger and learning more detail about that day was somewhat overwhelming. Learning that they had been planning this attack for 10 years and all the different things they did to prepare their people for it. Your heart really goes out to all of the our responders, people and the families that were there that day, things that they saw and went through I can't even fathom. Very emotional memorial however, absolutely worth going to.
We checked out Time Square which I'm sure everyone can imagine..glitter and swarms of people lol, we went through Little Italy and China Town, open fish markets everywhere which made it really smell like China Town. We took our chances and ate at this Chinese restaurant it appeared that it must be a good place because there was a line of people waiting to be seated...we were happy to say that it was excellent food and service!
The four of us took in the Broadway show Jersey Boys, the story of the Four Seasons. Excellent music, excellent story, you would have thought we were watching the Four Seasons live.
We walked a portion of Central Park, what a beautiful park with ponds, so much greenery and trees, for a moment it was like you were in some fairy-tale place outside of the city. There were many artists displaying/selling their work along the paths and street performers.
Of course, we had to stop by our next presidents tower (aka Trump Tower) there were the CNN and FOX broadcasters out front for who knows what reason. We were a little surprised as we walked in, to find out that the escalators were down and the Trump ice cream shop was closed...someone is going to be "fired"!
Every night we all enjoyed the nightlife with cool bars and great food, hanging out with all the New Jersian's and New Yorkan's until wee hours of the night! Such good times.
Now off to Connecticut! More to follow...

Heading to our RV park through the middle of downtown - Fun times!

The lovely Statue of Liberty!

Definately had to get a picture with her

Picture of Ellis Island looking from the Statue of Liberty

Middle of Time Square - So crazy there but so much fun!

The new Freedom Tower

The footprint of the south tower at ground zero

The last support beam removed from the site. All of the responders signed it and a ceremony was held. 

Ladder truck 3 one of the first responding fire trucks to ground zero 

The new World Trade Center symbolizing a white Dove for peace

Getting ready for the amazing Jersey Boys Broadway show!

At Central Park with my cousin Chris and friend David 

And...hopefully the next President (Trump Tower)...that is if he can keep his !%&# mouth shut!

The NY skyline in the background

Mmmm anyone ever have a bacon wrapped onion rings? Wow they were the bomb!!

Picture in Central Park with NY downtown in the back ground

Central Park