Kids came to visit! NYC and the Statue of Liberty (9.13-9.17.21)

We moved the camper to Rhode Island to be more centrally located to our vacation destinations, then picked up Ash, Alex, Chayse, and Mathilda from the airport on 9.13. On 9.14 we headed to our Hoboken Air BNB to start the NYC leg of the trip. On 9.15 we boarded saw the Hoboken 9/11 memorial before checking off another bucket list item and boarding the boat to Ellis Island and then the Statue of Liberty. Though the crown wasn’t open, but we were able to get tickets to the pedestal where Jim tried to look up her skirt. sigh. We took the train to Manhattan and wandered the city. After a very long day and walking through Central Park at night, we couldn’t get the ticket machine in the subway to work and, after trying for about 30 minutes, we jumped (some of us went under) the turnstile. I missed the photo op of my pregnant daughter passing the stroller and her 2 year old over the turnstile then crawling under it herself. It was not a fast crime. We were also able to visit the 9/11 memorial, see the Survivor Tree, and walk over the Brooklyn Bridge.

9/11 memorial in Hoboken, NJ
9/11 memorial in Liberty Park, NJ
Ellis Island, NY
Original signatures on columns in the buildings on Ellis Island
We couldn’t figure out how the life jackets would be released in the event of an emergency 🙂
Original Statue of Liberty face
Original Statue of Liberty Torch
Thomas Jefferson was sworn in as President on Wall Street
We happened to be there on the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, the bull was covered in case of trouble.

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