4ontheroad2016: New York

Daughters biggest go to destination was New York City. We planned one big day to tour the city as just getting there and parking or even taking the train in was going to be expensive and an event in itself. We took the train in from the coastal area of New Jersey where we were camping. We scheduled a tour company to take us around the best sights for the day. The tour started only about a half mile from the train station so it was convenient enough that we enjoyed the walk up Broadway before the tour began. We saw Time Square, Central Park, Grand Central, Wall Street, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the World Trade Center and memorial, Battery Park, and even went to the top of the Empire State Building. It was a day that started by waking up at 5am to be on the train by 6:15 and we didn't get back until after 10pm. What a city, but just a little to much peopling for us.

The New Years Ball over Times Square.

Another View of the ball just over the 2017 sign (ball is red right now).

Disney Store on Times Square.

More light up billboards than you can count.

Chrysler Building

Inside of Grand Central Terminal.

Train Schedules.

Front of Grand Central.

Old beautiful church (forgot name).

See street names.

Front of the stock exchange.

View from Battery Park.

View from boat to the Statue.

Ellis Island receiving building.

9/11 Memorial

New World Trade Center

View South from Empire State Building. (zoomed in on new World Trade Center to the left and Statue of Liberty in center).

Only a little zoomed.

Top of ESB, above observation deck.

View West. Edge of round building with blue lights near center is Madison Square Garden and underneath it is Penn Station where our train came into town.

Building just to the right of center with the front left corner cut off is Macy's. The street in front of it on the diagonal is Broadway, so that pie shaped area in front is Herald Square where the Thanksgiving parade performs.