The Port of New York is a cool place to be. It sits between Jersey and NYC, so from a ship at the dock, one can see both the skyline of NYC and Newark. There are so many ferries going back and forth it appwars there are no need for any bridges. One can also …
Day: August 4, 2011
Ellis Island
August 3, 2011. Noon, EDT Ellis Island. For literally hundreds of millions of Americans, we owe this great island and it's history our very own. Today, I visited it and it gave me chills. Taking th statue cruises ferry from the Statue of Liberty, we walked on to Ellis Island. The temperature was about 80 …
About to Set Sail
Thursday August 4, 11:58am, NYC Port of New York, cruise ship terminal So today we set sail from NYC to Canada. The weather is perfect, at about 80 degrees. The secret to a cruise embarkation is to get there about an hour earlier than it says on the brochure. That way, you avoid the super-long …