Random pictures of NYC

Zach had the camera and didn't take pictures of the buildings like I asked, but we can always go back again and get some. Here are some random pictures of our day.

Statue of Liberty

We didn't make it to the actual island since I didn't see on the internet that the last ferry left at 3:30, but we took the Staten Island ferry to get a good view. I really wasn't all the impressed, but maybe if I went to the island I would have been. It just seemed rather small. Next time we will be more prepared!

Intrepid Air and Space Museum

 

There is an aircraft carrier/museum in New York City that we decided to stop at first. We took the train in to Penn Station then hopped on a subway to 50th like the lady at information told us. After walking a few blocks we finally saw the big ship! It was a gorgeous day thankfully! Here are some random pictures from the day. Zach had the camera so there were lots of pictures of planes. There is also a submarine there named the Growler and that was fun to go down in. So this was our first stop in the big apple!

Fort McHenry

To make the day historically correct we had to come in the pouring rain right? well no a nice day would have been more ideal, but can't control mother nature! Fort McHenry is where the Star Spangled Banner was written. It's not a big fort and I still can't believe that the 80 men that were in it managed to scare the British off! Nevertheless they did and the famous song was written and then later became our national anthem.

B&O Railroad Museum

 

Another rainy day activity was driving to Baltimore to see the B&O Railroad museum. My dad knows all about trains and even has a huge train table set up in his basement! The roundhouse that the museum is in actually had a roof collapse in 2003, but they restored it back to how it was before. They did put in some modern features like the ability to open the windows way up high without having to send someone up there to do that for them! There was also a turn table demo. This turn table was manual so that means a hatch was opened and a man jumped in and pushed the table with the train on it. In the past they would actually take a train off the table and put another on, but this time they didn't since the engine on the table was there for a special reason. It was heavily damaged in the roof collapse and was finally restored! They discovered some interesting historical things while restoring it and this was the big unveiling. It was a fun rainy day adventure!

Chocolate! Hershey, PA

 

The first few days my parents were here it rained so we tried to find indoor things to do. So the first day we drove out to Hershey, PA to learn all about chocolate! We got to make chocolate tulips in a class and take a ride to see what it would look like to go through a factory. It was a lot of fun!

It takes someone visiting to put a picture up?

We are so excited that my parents are coming to see us in Jersey! About a week ago Zach said "We need to get pictures on the wall!" The reason we haven't is we have been trying to decide whether or not to paint and we know this house is temporary (yes 2 years is temproary for me!) so I really don't know if I want to spend a lot of time decorating. And we haven't had family pictures in a long time so I really want to get new ones so they can be put on the walls. Then I realized his real motivation.....my parents visit! Honestly they don't care if there are pictures on the wall, but for some reason it bugs Zach. He also got his peg board made for the garage so my dad would see how organized he was! Again my dad loves tools, and stuff, but does he care......no. So I guess I need lots of visitors so Zach will get all the projects done!