Guess whose in the Big City? WE ARE! Dan and I have wanted to visit NYC together for a few years. He has been a couple times on missions trip but I had never been before. Dan recently gave up his seat on one of his business trips resulting in two round trip airfare to anywhere in the States. We celebrated 13 years of marriage in August and decided to celebrate (a little late) by coming to New York with those tickets. We arrived late Wed. night. There is so much to see...I am glad we aren't rushed. Yesterday, we stayed around the Time's Square area. Today, we got to visit the 9/11 Memorial, take the ferry to Stanton Island, and walked and rested in Central Park.
Look who we happened upon in Time's Square! Beth and Libby! (ok, ok...we did make arrangements knowing we'd all be there the same time). Had lunch them at Hard Rock Cafe and then we parted ways.
This pic is for you, Lid! Your famous in NYC!
Thought Jake would appreciate this shot.
I needed a chocolate fix in the Hershey's store.
Dan saw this and thought of Lydia...our girl who loves to skate. They look like Ronald McDonald skates to me.
We got to be part of the David Letterman audience! Too bad they didn't ask if anyone had any stupid human tricks! I'm sure Dan has one or two up his sleeve.
Here's our proof...Baxter the dog and his owner (winner of the dock diving dogs).
Another pic I thought Lydia would like...
We woke up this morning early to try and make it in time to get tickets to see the 9/11 memorial. We made it. It was neat to be able to be there...but it was pretty overwhelming and emotional. The above photo is a piece of warped metal from one of the twin towers. This was the first of many times this day I had to swallow hard.
This tree was the only one that survived on 9/11. They nurtured it elsewhere and replanted it by the memorial recently. Pretty cool, huh?
Us in front of one of the fountain footprints with new (unfinished) tower in background.
This intrigued me. I saw a few women listed along with their unborn children. I love that they were included because those unborn babies were, indeed, a life lost on that tragic day. So my confusion lies in the loss of so many other lives lost in the tragic act of abortion. When is a life not a life?
This was also quite interesting to observe...protesters on Wall Street (in that first pic, in case you can't tell, the news camera and microphone were fake).
On our way to Stanton Island!
Look who we happened upon in Time's Square! Beth and Libby! (ok, ok...we did make arrangements knowing we'd all be there the same time). Had lunch them at Hard Rock Cafe and then we parted ways.
This pic is for you, Lid! Your famous in NYC!
Thought Jake would appreciate this shot.
I needed a chocolate fix in the Hershey's store.
Dan saw this and thought of Lydia...our girl who loves to skate. They look like Ronald McDonald skates to me.
We got to be part of the David Letterman audience! Too bad they didn't ask if anyone had any stupid human tricks! I'm sure Dan has one or two up his sleeve.
Here's our proof...Baxter the dog and his owner (winner of the dock diving dogs).
Another pic I thought Lydia would like...
We woke up this morning early to try and make it in time to get tickets to see the 9/11 memorial. We made it. It was neat to be able to be there...but it was pretty overwhelming and emotional. The above photo is a piece of warped metal from one of the twin towers. This was the first of many times this day I had to swallow hard.
This tree was the only one that survived on 9/11. They nurtured it elsewhere and replanted it by the memorial recently. Pretty cool, huh?
Us in front of one of the fountain footprints with new (unfinished) tower in background.
This intrigued me. I saw a few women listed along with their unborn children. I love that they were included because those unborn babies were, indeed, a life lost on that tragic day. So my confusion lies in the loss of so many other lives lost in the tragic act of abortion. When is a life not a life?
This was also quite interesting to observe...protesters on Wall Street (in that first pic, in case you can't tell, the news camera and microphone were fake).
On our way to Stanton Island!
Statue of Liberty...pretty cool!
Central Park is huge! I had no idea how big it was. We decided to go there and rest a bit in Sheep Meadow (1st picture). Our legs and feet were a tad tired from all the standing and walking! Our little rest turned into a couple of hours...so relaxing. Then we walked around the park for a while. It was very pretty. I really like The Mall strip with American Elms soaring overhead.
That's all for now. More to come!
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