Half Moon Bay Marina,

June 10               Croton-On-Hudson, New York

     We traveled up the Hudson River about 41 miles to our next destination, Half Moon Bay Marina.  It was a very pleasant trip, we passed by Columbia University where Orion goes to school!

     We are leaving our boat in this marina to go to Lexington, Kentucky to see family and then on to Tallahassee to spend a week at St. George with family!

Passing by Orion's dorm (I think!)

Columbia University is somewhere near here!   

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

More Pictures of our New York Adventure

View from Liberty Landing of lower Manhattan

Sunset in our Marina

Evening Views were stunning

Train Station near the Memorial

Shaped like the wings of a dove

June 6th,  Celebrating our 50th Wedding Anniversary at Porto Leggero Restaurant!

We toured the Statue of Liberty

We enjoyed a tour of Ellis Island, the busiest immigration inspection station from 1892 to 1954, where about 12 million immigrants were processed into the United States.  So many people came from all over Europe for the opportunity to attain the American Dream.  We listened on headsets to personal stories from immigrants who actually went through the process.   

First evening in Liberty Landing

Old train station where immigrants departed to live in the city

We saw the Broadway play The Book of Mormon

Time Square

Time Square

Visiting Liberty Science Center,  Largest Planetarium in the Western Hemisphere

Rockefeller Center

Exploring Central Park

Ice Cream Treat

Dr. Karen Williams and her family visited us in the city!

Karen brought us an anti-scurvy gift to keep us healthy on the boat!

Delicious Cannolis

Lunch at Lombardi's Restaurant, the first pizzeria in the United States!

Lombardi is credited with developing New York Style pizza and is still located in the  Little Italy section 

A Week in New York

June 5-8              Highlights of New York

      Karl and I enjoyed walking down the streets of Manhattan, drinking in the sights, sounds, smells, noises, all overwhelming our senses!  People of all different cultures and languages, some rushing around, others just like us with their I-phones and cameras out, snapping pictures as they wander through the tall buildings, and trying to figure out where we are!  Our phones kept losing their signals, frustrating!  We saw and did a lot in New York City.  This has been one of our favorite stops!

September 11th Memorial on the New Jersey side of New York Bay

Empty Sky

Liberty Park, a great place to walk and run!

Liberty House Restaurant-Fun place for a drink

9/11 Memorial in New York
Two Reflecting Pools are now in the same location of where the Twin Towers were.   Thirty foot waterfalls cascade into the pools, descending into a void in the center.  The names of the nearly 3000 victims are inscribed on the surrounding walls.   It is a very moving tribute.

Outdoor vendors on every street corner 

Loved seeing the New York Stock Exchange building on Wall Street

Street Art

New World Trade Center

We went on a walking tour through the financial district, China Town, Little Italy and SoHo, among  other sights and places.  This was our guide for the 3 hour tour.

Bull on Wall Street

China Town outside market

China Town strange food

Trinity Church

Karl reading Chinese newspaper

Visiting New York

Visiting New York!

Endorphin Voyager Arrives in New York!

June 3
     We traveled about 17 miles in the New York Bay to Liberty Landing Marina, which is located in the New York Harbor on the New Jersey side.  We traveled along side of Joe and Barbara Huber in Balahula.  We took pictures of each other boats in front of the Statue of Liberty and exchanged them. It was so much fun!  It was very moving to see Lady Liberty from our own boat, especially!  She greeted us with her imposing figure and welcomed us to the New York harbor just as she has done for  so many people and immigrants for over 100 years.  She represents freedom and democracy.  We have dreamed of this moment for so long and it brought tears to our eyes!

The boat next to us is named Orion! 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

     We settled into our slip in the marina.  We then took the  15 minute ferry over to New York city.  We were so excited to be in the city again.  We usually would visit our grandson, Orion, who is attending Columbia University, but ironically he is in Tallahassee doing an internship at Florida State's Mag Lab.  After a delicious lunch we spent the afternoon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Rembrandt

Tiffany Stained Glass

       The Metropolitan is overwhelming.  There are so many floors and exhibits, it could take weeks to see it all.   We saw what we could and went back to the boat exhausted.