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I didn't continue to post about our trip. On the Saturday we drove from Gloucester to Beacon. It rained the whole way, so that wasn't fun, but it wasn't raining by the time we got to Beacon. The kids said it was the first weekend it hadn't rained in several months. Jill owns a shop, and business is bad when it rains. We walked around Beacon a bit, nice little town. After the shop closed, we went to Mike's and Jill's place for a bit, then to dinner at a tapas place, then back to their place to talk for a couple of hours.
The next morning we drove down the Hudson to JFK, to return the rental car. Then took the train into the city, found our hotel and dropped our bags. It was sunny and warm (but not hot, unless you were walking in it), and I calculated we walked 6.7 miles. We saw The Vessel, walked the High Line, visited Little Island Park and the Whitney Art Museum, and had dinner at Joseph Banks, where we often eat (it's easy to get a table before 6pm, which worked out well for us). On the way back we stopped at a photography art museum, which is always great.
Monday morning we had breakfast at a local diner, then went back to the hotel to check out and leave our bags at the desk. Then we walked up to Central Park. Stopped in Grand Central and a church on the way up. We just kinda wandered the park for a couple of hours. When it was time to start heading back down, I needed a map because I kept getting turned around and heading off the wrong way. Finally got it sorted out, and stopped at a cart for hot dogs. Should have done that more often - $12 for dogs and bottled water in the park, or $80 for burgers and beer in a restaurant?
So we made it back down to the hotel and got our bags. Met our Nigerian friend and set off for the train station. Got to the airport with no trouble and flew home. We were in New York City for exactly 24 hours.
"The Vessel" Art or architecture? Yes.
"Old Tree", by Pamela Rosenkranz
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The next morning we drove down the Hudson to JFK, to return the rental car. Then took the train into the city, found our hotel and dropped our bags. It was sunny and warm (but not hot, unless you were walking in it), and I calculated we walked 6.7 miles. We saw The Vessel, walked the High Line, visited Little Island Park and the Whitney Art Museum, and had dinner at Joseph Banks, where we often eat (it's easy to get a table before 6pm, which worked out well for us). On the way back we stopped at a photography art museum, which is always great.
Monday morning we had breakfast at a local diner, then went back to the hotel to check out and leave our bags at the desk. Then we walked up to Central Park. Stopped in Grand Central and a church on the way up. We just kinda wandered the park for a couple of hours. When it was time to start heading back down, I needed a map because I kept getting turned around and heading off the wrong way. Finally got it sorted out, and stopped at a cart for hot dogs. Should have done that more often - $12 for dogs and bottled water in the park, or $80 for burgers and beer in a restaurant?
So we made it back down to the hotel and got our bags. Met our Nigerian friend and set off for the train station. Got to the airport with no trouble and flew home. We were in New York City for exactly 24 hours.
"The Vessel" Art or architecture? Yes.
"Old Tree", by Pamela Rosenkranz
( see more )
