More of NYC

So Tuesday we headed back into NYC. Fortunately the weather had cooled off considerably! After the train/subway ride we arrived at Battery park and got in line for the ride to Ellis Island...

Ellis Island itself is an amazing experience! To think of all the people that passed through, and the roughly two percent who got put back on boats and sent home...And apparently if you were in first or second class on a boat, they dropped you off on Manhattan and you got to bypass Ellis Island altogether! After splurging for the self guided audio tour, grabbing some lunch, and wandering around until 3:30 or so, we headed back to Manhattan and Grand Central Station. Be sure to check the full album for some great pictures of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, and also one with Jaime in her headphones!

(Next, Please!)

The only other major event was that we had just left when our train stopped still in the station, and we ended up having to switch trains because of some door problem. The only problem was it was five o'clock and we had managed to find seats on the first train. Not so much for Jaime and I on the second train. Fortunately mom and dad did, and it was an express train back to Westport! Oh also Tuesday night Judy and Kathy did a shot of Sambuca - think licorice flavored liquor, lit on fire, with a coffee bean dropped in for good measure. Ask me to see the video!

Wednesday morning we woke up and took my parents out to the local state park to visit the September 11th memorial they have there. Apparently on that date, people traveled to the park because it looks out over Long Island sound, and you could see the smoke rising from lower Manhattan, and a lot of the people that live in Westport knew people that worked in the World Trade Center.

After a trouble free drive into Newark, we dropped mom and dad off at the airport and they were on their way back to Seattle. Jaime and I headed back to Westport and met Jim and Judy at the local Mexican joint, and some more punishment of livers!