Back from New York

What a weekend it was! Clarinda and I had the great opportunity to head out to New York City with some good friends of ours. We left on Thursday morning and came home on Monday around 4 or so. Wow! Were do I begin? Let's start with the obvious. New York is a fast pace city!!! I couldn't believe how fast everything was there, especially in time square. Every single person seemed like there were in a hurry to get someplace. Talk about bobbin and weavin! I think I hit every single person in New York, it was nuts. Time Square was so bright with lights that at one point getting out of the Broadway show The Lion King (which was awesome) in the lobby area I commented to Clarinda "is it still daylight outside?". It was 11pm at night folks! I don't know what I was thinking, but it really did seem like daylight! Craaazy! It was a sight to see so many things going on at one time you really had to be on your toes, or you'd get them run over by a taxi. Saturday we took the subway from Grand Central Station and took a ferry boat to Liberty Island. The Lady with the torch! The Statue of Liberty was awesome! Climbing about 130 steps to get to the top of the pedestal we were able to view the sky line of New York Harbor, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island and New Jersey. A beautiful sight to see. From there we took another boat to Ellis Island. After arriving back on land we went to visit Ground Zero, the sight wear The World Trade Center once stood. What an emotional sight to witness. Work was being done to build the Freedom Tower which was awesome to see as well. Took a double Decker bus tour around the whole city, China Town, Little Italy just to name a few. Walked around Central Park ate then ate some more. New York pizza! Delicious! Did I mention we did alot of walking? My feet felt like they were about to come off. Sunday Clarinda and I went to The Journey Church in Manhattan. Great service by the way! Over all we both truly enjoyed our experience together In New York. Being with our good friends just made it alot better!