City sights and a birthday...

We are back. The main reason for our trip north was grandbaby Winston's 1st birthday celebration in NJ, but we also made a surprise side trip to satisfy a long-held "wanna do" of grandsons Christopher and Michael. They had both expressed a desire to see New York City and the Statue of Liberty and since we were going to be up that way anyway, we planned accordingly.

We got into Jersey Friday evening, stopped at our motel to check in, and then drove into NYC just so the boys could see it. They were tickled. Saturday, under the guise of more sightseeing, we drove to Liberty Park and surprised them with a ferry boat ride to Liberty Island. After spending most of the day with Lady Liberty, which, by the way, was a first for all of us, we then drove back into the city for more sights. We weren't able to stop and go inside buildings... parking is a bear!... but for the time being, just being able to see the Empire State Building, Times Square, Broadway, Central Park and some of the other places they've always heard about, made them happy.

Sunday we enjoyed Winston's birthday with delicious food, family time, gift opening, and yummy birthday cake. It was good to see extended family that we don't get to see that often.

We had a wonderful time, made more enjoyable by an entire weekend of spectacularly beautiful weather.

Herself

Impressive

Empire State Bldg

United Nations

The Birthday Boy

There are lots more photos at my photo blog.