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Total Miles Traveled 4836
Day 262
New York City? We did not plan to go into the city from the
very start of our Great Loop Adventure, but after finding this great marina, so
close to New York City, and transportation nearby, we couldn’t pass up the
opportunity.
We walked about 2 blocks to catch
the Metro Bus to take us to the Staten Island Ferry. The Ferry takes passengers across New York
Harbor to New York City (free of charge).
We passed the Statue of Liberty
on our ride across the harbor.
We also had a Coast Guard escort
that looked like they meant business.
We had a great view of the city
from the ferry, but we are looking forward to the view from our boat.
One of the loopers at our marina
is “Cat Daddy”, he has relatives visiting this weekend and was going to take
them for a cruise in the harbor. As we
were crossing the harbor in the ferry, we saw “Cat Daddy” on their cruise. We first met him entering the Mosquito Lagoon
in Florida and haven’t seen each other since.
Our primary reason for visiting
the city was to tour the September 11th memorial and museum that
commemorates the September 11, 2001 attacks, which killed 2977 victims, and the
World Trade Center bombing of 1993, which killed six. We spent most of our day at the museum, an
excellent exhibit documenting one of the most tragic events in our nation’s
history.
One World Trade Center, the main
building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex. It is the tallest building in the Western
Hemisphere, and the fourth-tallest in the world. When the final component of the skyscraper’s
spire was installed, making the building, including the spire, reach a total
height of 1,776 feet. Its height in feet
is a deliberate reference to the year when the United States Declaration of
Independence was signed.
We walked past the Trinity Church
in Manhattan, completed in 1846, and is quite a contrast the buildings around
it.
We took the subway to Times
Square.
After a day of this, we were
ready to get back on the boat.
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