New York Part 2

New York Baby!!! Josh and I got up early, not 5am but the more civilized hour of 8am, and took off to 79th Street Boat Basin. It's a mooring field at the end of 79th Street (obviously) and Riverside Parkway in Manhattan. Did I mention it's only 30$ a night, most other marinas along the way charge 3-5$/ft! It's run by the Department of Parks and Recreation, plus it has free laundry, ice, and showers.

But first, we needed to sail through New York Harbour. There's a lot going on in the harbour. Ferries zooming past, tugs racing out to help guide in the big oceanliners, other tugs pushing big barges, there are boats of all sizes anchored and others transitioning. You must keep your eyes on the water at all times. That's much harder than it seems, there's so much to look at.

The city is beautiful from the water. We sailed right passed the Statue of Liberty, who is no where near as large as they make her appear in the movies. It's too bad we came in a foggy day. We passed under the Verrazzano bridge to the basin.

Oh another thing about the New York, there's a crazy current. Which makes the mooring a little less than comfortable. That stupid ball (a mooring os a large floating sphere with ropes attached. the bottom of the floaty thing aka a mooring ball is anchored to the bottom and the you use the ropes to tie the boat to.) banged against the boat when the tide changed. It's a concept I have yet to grasp, the tide and current flowing in opposite directions. Plus you get rocked, BIG time by passing boats.

But it's still worth it to be in NYC. Josh and I went to the city to walk around. I of course wore my most comfortable yet fashionable shoes, this comes into play a little later in the day. We walked along Broadway to Times Square. Which was cool to see but was waaaayyy too packed with people. So we went to Rockefeller Plaza. I talk like we ment to go to all these places, the truth is we wandered aimlessly around and fell upon these things. We had a wonderful lunch at the Rockefeller plaza rink. Then we went to central park, then to a pharmacy to band-aids for my blistered feet. Then back to the park, then to a store that sold the cheapest shoes for a pair of smiley faced flip flop that wouldn't hurt my feet so bad. So much for looking fashionable in NYC.

When we were in the park we saw them filming Lipstick Jungle (a TV show). A true New York experience. We stopped to have a little apero and watch the crowds. I think Josh and I both suffered sensory overload, there's just so much going on, I loved it.

We got back to the boat as the sun was setting. In the park that borders the river, there are these large tunnels to walk under the highway. Well that night a trumpet player was practicing in one of them, they must have good acoustics. Either way we had some nice jazz background music. What a beautiful way to end our stay in New York. There's lots more to see, but now it's time to make home.