Thursday's adventures

This morning after two bowls of cereal we started out on the subway headed to "Lady Liberty". Grama Jo had bought our tickets on line so we just walked in and right to the ferry and rode over to Liberty Island. The trip was great. We saw lots of other boats in the water. When we got to the island we found the right line and then had to wait almost an hour to go through security to get inside of the platform. The security screener had air puffs that blew your hair! It was funny.

We had to walk up 157 steps to get to the platform but it was neat when we got there. We could see for a long way. We noticed the had the flag flying at half mast in memory of Sen. Kennedy.

By then it was almost noon so we bought some chocolate milk to go with our pb/honey sandwiches and headed for the ferry. There was another line, but after we got seated on the boat we ate our lunch and watched the sights while heading back to Battery Park. The park turned out to be a fun place to chase the pigeons.

We found the subway and headed to the Empire State Building. It is so big that you loose sight of it when you are close by. All four of us went up to the 86th floor and saw the views from all sides. We could see lots of taxies on the street, Central Park, and the rivers. It was a neat place to be. Even Uncle Josh liked it.

After that we shopped a little and bought some souvenirs. We all decided we were tired so we caught a taxi back to Mr. Dean's apartment and took a break. The weather was so nice we did not want to stay inside so we went to the local park about 1 block away. They had some water to play in so we really enjoyed it.

We plant to have supper and then go out for ice cream. More tomorrow.