We walked the Times Square area for a while...... lots of people and smaller than it looks on TV but a interesting place none the less. Had a bagel.... mandatory in New York City... and then off to ground zero.
This is the firefighter memorial wall at ground zero. Overall we were disappointed with what we were able to see there. Lots of construction there and the area of the twin towers was by ticket only and the wait was too long to see it because of our tour time limitations. The freedom tower is nearing completion and that was impressive. I'll have more on the tower later in this blog.
From there we headed over to New Jersey and out to the Statue of Liberty. This is the Ellis Island processing facility with the Statue in the background. Here is where the immigrants coming to this country stopped for processing before catching the train for final destinations.
I took about a hundred pictures of the Statue of Liberty but I like this one because of the background. Beyond the Statue and to the right is lower Manhattan with the new Freedom tower prominent on the skyline. This is a awesome area.
One last picture of the lower Manhattan skyline again with the Freedom tower at ground zero highlighted. What awesome memorial to 9/11!
Back to camp and tomorrow we drive to Chesterboro New Jersey near Philly for four days of exploring there.
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been there too!
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