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Our typical travel agenda includes one must do activity each day. Once that item is complete, we can do whatever other ideas we have. This way you are not stressed while doing one activity about trying to get to the next.
After making back to Battery Park on the ferry, we were ready to go for our next idea. This idea was watching a New York Yankee’s game. Doing this involved several challenges including transportation and tickets.
The subway is supposed to be the best way to get to Yankee Stadium from Battery Park. We caught the 4 train and were on our way. Along the way, we got to encounter interesting subway riders and watch the car get more and more full until with made it to Yankee Stadium.
Now we needed tickets. This is a father son learning opportunity. I found a scalper and asked him for 3 tickets together. He handed me three tickets. I asked Connor to make sure the tickets were together, they were not. Scalpers will not always tell you the truth. Eventually, we found three tickets together and made it inside to the game.
It was a great game. It was also blazing hot in the stadium. We got to see New York get 11 runs in one inning. Absolutely amazing, the crowd went wild. The New York Yankees won!
It is time to go back to the Statue of Liberty. This time, we have a different agenda. We have tickets to climb up and see the view from inside the crown. The tickets were reserved months in advance. You can’t just show up and get the tickets. We were at Battery Park early and made the first boat to the island. Once off the boat, we found the Ranger Station and got our black wrist bands. There is a special line and access for the trip to the crown. Only 240 people per day are allowed to the top. There were lots of stairs through the pedestal to the base of the statue. The staircase from the statue base to the crown was a double spiral, one path going up wrapped around another path going down. We finally made it to the top! It was a hike, but worth it. We were the first group to the top this day. This gave us full access to the view.
We have only seen Rockefeller Center in the winter months. One of the most interesting parts is the ice skating rink in the middle. We wondered, what do they do with the ice skating rink in the summer? It gets converted into a bar and restaurant.
We have a basic pattern for what works when you land in a new place. First, find your hotel and drop off your gear. Steps two and three can be switched. Second, meet with the hotel concierge for maps, ideas, and any other tips they have. Third, get something to eat. The concierge is a very important part of the process. You can find your way completely on your own, and we have. In New York City, the concierge has all kinds if ideas you may have never learned about. There is so much to do here; you really should ask a local for some suggestions. Once the first three steps were completed, we enjoyed the streets of New York City. We found one really cool place. Unfortunately, we were not able to go in.
We are off again. We had planned for our family summer vacation to be a cross country drive. The idea was to drive from Seattle, Washington to New York City, New York. It was great. I planned the end of the trip in New York City and was very excited. Before booking the airline tickets, I tried to plan the rest of the trip. It was going to take a lot of driving, a lot of driving. That would have been a lot of fun for me and probably not a lot of fun for Mary and Connor. The trip got canceled. Due to other events, it ended up being a good idea. However, the New York City ideas were just too good to let go of. We decided to keep the end of the trip and take a 4th of July weekend trip to New York City.
This was our third trip to New York City as a family. This is one of the greatest cities in the United States. Each time we go, there are still plenty of things to do we have never done before. This is our first trip to New York City in the summer. It should be different again.
This trip greatly exceeded our expectations. We did not have much time to plan the trip before we went. Actually, the only thing we knew we were going to do at the start was go to the Macy’s Thanksgivings Day Parade. Everything else we did we figured out when we were there.
There is so much to do in New York City. This was our second trip as a family and there are still more things that we want to do.
Why no Blog updates during this trip? Because we were just too busy to make any updates. There is so much to do in New York City that you wake up, go adventure, and get back to your room so worn out that all you want to do is sleep and charge up for the next day.
