Some may think us crazy to attempt a Statue of Liberty visit during a single day trip to NYC.... and not just a day but we wanted to squeeze it into a morning. And that is just what we did. We had tickets to enter security after 9 a.m. and we were there a few minutes early with bells on! On that ferry! Heading to visit the Lady herself!
The ferry departs from Battery Park so we took the girls around there checking out the little exhibit they have until it was time to board the boat... You could see what the battery looked like through the years... once in the middle of the water and now... you know, not. I love seeing what places looked like long before they look like they do now... If you can follow. And then it was time to board! The ferry was listing in the right direction because well, that's the side we would approach the Lady. I didn't like that one bit so I maintained a safe position on the left... Ten thousand people a day go there.... so I am told.
On the ferry back to Manhattan a kindly older gentleman was trying to sell me on a Gray's Papaya stand uptown... As if I needed to be sold! The reputation presides it! He went there on his second date with his future wife. Two hot dogs and a soft drink for six dollars (today's cost) he told me..... twice. He also claimed that the best apple pie of his life came from Green Dragon in Ephrata a mere half hour from here.... Love it!