The drive to NYC was tough - heavy traffic and tight spaces
Crossed the George Washington Bridge to get to Jersey City
View of the Statue of Liberty from the RV park
View of the One World Trade Center from our RV park
First night we went our for delicious pizza! I love pizza in NY!
One rainy day the kids and Jason explores the Liberty Science Center located a few miles from the RV park - it was huge and very fun!
The special exhibit is Angry Birds!
Building their angry bird towers to knock over
Video - Grace demonstrating how it’s done!
More fun
Lots of animals - Jackson now wants a macaw when we get back home 🦜
Helix video
Video - dance moves
Jason loved this suspended climbing exhibit - kids are climbing around inside of it
More fun
Happy Halloween! I wasn’t sure what to expect celebrating Halloween in a large city - we found a great street blocked off playing music, with bounce houses and vendors. Kids trick or treat from business to business.
Video - pink ninja is showing us how she’s going to ask for treats
Video
On Friday, Jason and the kids visited the new World Trade Center and 911 memorial
Some pics while we wait for the ferry on Saturday morning to explore Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
We all used the audio tour devices - they even had a kids version that Grace enjoyed
Sitting on the original benches that immigrants waited on to register once they arrived at Ellis Island
Learning about how doctors used a buttonhook to look for a specific eye illness that caused blindness that some immigrants brought with them upon entrance to the US
Looking at all the different currency that was exchanged for US dollars
Some immigrants had to pass a mental examine if it was suspected there was any issue with your mental capacity - kids tried to complete the puzzle challenge
❤️ this
Kids completed the Junior Ranger book and got sworn in as junior rangers and got badges
Ellis Island was originally opened in the 1892 and registered immigrants until 1954. It was reopened as a museum in 1990. We all enjoyed the history here and wished we could have had more time to explore.
A magnificent view of the Statue of Liberty from the ferry
We explored the new museum at the Statue of Liberty and the grounds some - we did not plan enough time here but hit the main points
A replica of her foot
They had a cool interactive photo booth where you could choose photos that stood for liberty to you and the collage was floated across the wall
The original torch that was replaced
After the Statue of Liberty we took the ferry to Battery Park and jumped on the subway to midtown (the kids favorite thing in NYC has always been the subway)
A quick visit to Grand Central Terminal
A visit to Rockefeller Center where the kids convinced us to go ice skating
We ended our day on the steps of St Patrick’s Cathedral
Even Jackson was ready to be in bed!
Good night New York!
Sunday we planned a lazy day that started off at FAO Schwarz
Then we headed to Times Square
To see Harry Potter - it’s a two part play so we saw the first part at 1 pm then returned at 6:30 pm for the second part
In between parts we found more yummy pizza and dessert!
You can’t go to Harry Potter and not get some wands!
It was an amazing play and I’d strongly recommmed it! Great way to end our week in NY!!
