Miles Mayhem: New York City

My parents came to visit us this past week. We had a wonderful time! I was sad to see them leave this morning. As well as my brother, sister-in-law & niece, who were able to come for the weekend. We celebrated Alayna's first birthday. I'll post pictures of that later.

This past Tuesday we took my parents to New York City for the day. We had such a blast! My dad had not been there since he was 5, so he remembered very little. My mom was there a couple times several years ago, with school field trips where she worked. So, it was fun to go and be tourists for the day. Dave's mom and grandma graciously watched the girls for us, so we didn't have to take them with us. They would have been miserable, and in turn, so would we.

We opted to take the train from Poughkeepsie into the city (a two hour train ride). Much easier than driving and finding parking for the day in NYC. The train took us right into Grand Central Station. From there we did a lot of walking around the city. After quite a bit of walking we made it to Times Square, & we decided that there was so much more we wanted to see, but just couldn't do it all in one day. So, we decided to take a bus tour. The ones where you ride on the roof of the bus. That was such a great decision! It was worth the money, and we got to see so much, and hear the history of the buildings, and so on. We saw Greenwich Village, Soho, Tribeca, Ground Zero, China town, Little Italy, Wall Street, Central Park, United Nations, etc., etc. It was so interesting. On our way past the UN building my dad spotted Rev. Jesse Jackson standing out front. The tour guide confirmed it was him. It was just fun to see someone famous.

After eating dinner in the city we walked back to Grand Central and we were able to board an express train home (it only took an hour & a half). We were exhausted when we got back, but we had a great time. Below are a few pictures from our fun day.