Trip to New Jersey and New York City (Part 2)

Hello everyone! Here's the second set of pictures from New York!

When we went in the Empire State Building, they took this picture of us and superimposed it over this background. Then they tried to sell it to us for $20! We just went to their website and copied and pasted the photo into our computer (that's why it has "proof" written all over it). As you can see, part of my elbow seems to have gone missing. 9/28/2013

View from the Empire State Building 9/28/13

This is New York City from the top of the Empire State Building.  If you look to the right, you can make out the Statue of Liberty. 9/28/13

My family and I at the top of the Empire State Building. 9/28/13

My dad and sister and I at the Empire State Building.  9/28/13


Sunday, September 29

We took the Stanton Island ferry into New York City on Sunday. The ride was about 20 or 30 minutes long each way.

Esther on the ferry. 9/29/2013

My family and I at Battery Park, New York. 9/29/2013

Urban Farm near Battery Park (I much prefer the rural kind though) 9/29/2013

Esther and I in front of the Charging Bull statue near Wall Street in Manhattan. The statue weighs over three tons! 9/29/2013

My dad and sister and I on Wall Street. 9/29/2013

We also went to the World Trade Center memorial. 9/29/2013

Monday, September 30

This was our last day in New Jersey. We visited my great uncle and aunt to say goodbye to them and my great uncle showed us around Elizabeth, New Jersey.

We visited the cemetery where my grandfather's parents are buried. 9/30/2013

My great uncle (who was my grandfather's brother) and my sister and I standing near the my great-grandparents' marker. 9/30/2013

(From left to right) Me, my great uncle, my little sister, and my mom. 9/30/2013

It was a good trip but I would never want to live in New York City -I'm a country girl!

Trip to New Jersey and New York City (Part 1)

     Hi everyone! These are some pictures of our trip to New Jersey and New York. We left our house on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 and came home on Monday, September 30. We were only gone five days but it felt like a lot longer since we did so much!

     It was a fun trip but I definitely never want to live in New York!

Thursday, September 26

In the morning, we drove around Atlantic Highlands where my grandmother grew up (a friend that my grandmother had grown up with showed us around). After she went back home, my family and I went on to Sandy Hook.

Esther and I with my grandmother's friend standing in front of the house my grandmother grew up in. The house to the right of it is the house my grandmother's friend grew up in. 9/26/2013

Twin Lights in Monmouth County, New Jersey. 9/26/2013

My dad, sister, and I climbed Twin Lights (my mom stayed on the ground because she doesn't like heights). I don't like heights either so I don't think I'll be climbing any more lighthouses anytime soon!  9/26/2013

These stairs were nerve racking to climb! 9/26/2013

My dad, sister, and I after the climb. 9/26/2013

After Twin Lights, we went to Sandy Hook lighthouse. My dad and sister climbed this one too but I'd had enough of climbing lighthouses for one day! 9/26/2013

My dad, sister, and I on the Sandy Hook beach. You can see New York City in the background. 9/26/2013


Friday, September 27

We stayed in Tinton Falls, New Jersey for two nights before going on to Elizabeth, New Jersey (which is closer to New York City). We spent Friday in New Jersey and drove to Elizabeth on Friday afternoon. We met my great uncle and great aunt at a restaurant for dinner on Friday night.

Micah Williams art museum in New Jersey. 9/27/13

Esther in the Micah Williams museum. There was a bin of dress up things there (fun for all ages -including myself!) 9/27/13

 Saturday, September 28

     We took the train into the city on Saturday with my great uncle. He showed us places in the city and I'm sure we must have walked a few miles just that morning! It felt so good to sit down for lunch. Afterwards we went up in the Empire State Building and then my family and I walked around some more. We probably walked several more miles that afternoon.

Me in the New York American Girl store on 5th Avenue. (Never too old to love dolls!) 9/28/13

We met my first cousins once removed at a German restaurant in New York City with my great uncle. 9/28/2013

My mom and sister and I with my great uncle and my first cousins once removed. 9/28/2013

I'll post the rest of the photos soon!