More New York Pictures!

My mom and I both got in to Newark late Friday night. We woke up early on Saturday morning and headed out to Jersey City to take the ferry to Ellis Island and The Statue of Liberty. Traveling from the hotel to the port was an adventure in itself. Let me start by saying that before we left I had all of our 'transportation plans' mapped out. I knew what train we needed to get on from where, which one to switch to, etc. Well, for some reason I tried to verify my plans with the hotel on Friday night and they told me there was no way I could take a 'train' from Newark airport (EWR) to Newark Penn Station... I asked two people who both LIED to me... so we took a cab and paid a million dollars... I say lied b/c to make a very long story short, we took the train from Newark Penn Station to the Airport (EWR) on the way back Saturday afternoon... oh well. Jumping trains and buses was fun though. We actually even ran into a 'scary/crazy person' on the light rail; I thought for sure two things would happen: 1) The man kills the people in front of us, or 2) The man kills us all. Needless to say neither happened and we all survived!


Ellis Island; immigration. They have really done a great job about preserving the original building and incorporating a very informative museum.

There she is...

We had beautiful weather while we were in New York. The mornings and evenings were actually chilly (about 60F with a breeze), but then the afternoons warmed up to the 80s. No rain, but some beautiful coastal clouds at times.

After our Statue of Liberty trip, we headed back to our hotel in Jersey to get our bags (more train, bus and shuttle jumping) and then headed out to Manhattan to our next hotel. This hotel was a perfect location and a great deal. It was right on Time Square and Broadway! It was great being in Time Square at different times of the day; enjoying the differences of each. Saturday night we headed down the street to see Broadway's Lion King. It was so great. I am always amazed at the talents of not only the performers, but the producers as well! What a great night!

Sunday morning we headed out sight seeing. We started going down Broadway towards Central Park. We grabbed breakfast to go and then ate and had coffee in the park. It was so beautiful. How fun it was to be in the park and see the sky scrappers in the distance! They do an amazing job keeping up the park and everyone was enjoying themselves; jogging, reading, biking, walking, etc. Central Park is my kind of place!

Carnegie Hall

I loved the rocks every where in Central Park. Everyone seemed to find a nice spot on a rock to sit and enjoy.

It was fun to see chapels and churches squeezed in the middle of and touching two other buildings. The architecture was beautiful.

Shall I say Atlas Shrugged?! (Now that would be a great conversation in itself for another topic!)

Sunday night we headed out for a wonderful Dinner Cruise. It was so great getting to relax and visit with each other while enjoying the New York night lights from a 'different' angle. The last boat (yacht) was ours!

Here we are about to board! The couple taking our pictures thought we sisters!

Look mom, it's the Brooklyn Bridge! (Inside joke!)

There's the 'Brooklyn Bridge' again... (JK)!

And there she is... Miss. Liberty standing tall.

We sat next to two nice couples from England. They were so nice. It is always fun to interact with other people from different countries while traveling! Jason and I love that part!

After the dinner cruise we changed and headed out to Time Square. There we enjoyed Starbucks and watched performers and artists 'do their thing'. This man in the picture sounded amazing; he's drumming on nothing but kitchen pots and pans! Another guy painted amazing pictures using spray paint cans. (I can just see me doing these things...what a mess!)

Mom and me trying out our 'New York Attitude' in Josh's NY camo hat!

Monday morning we headed out to Bryant Park and Grand Central Station. Then early afternoon we headed back to Newark and off to Houston and El Paso...

Oh, we had so much fun! What a blessing that we got to enjoy this time together as mother and daughter. This trip was filled with fun but full of relaxation too. It was the perfect balance of everything! I love New York! Thank you mom for spending a wonderful weekend with me in New York!!