The fish were from a tank that we were forced to look at while we waited for a return ferry to Manhattan. I shouldn’t complain since it’s a free way to get pretty close to the Statue of Liberty, but the tourists are definitely lied to when they are told to walk a certain way toward a return ferry and they make sure it leaves before anyone else can get on, having them spend twenty minutes perusing the shops on the Staten Island side.
We stayed with good friends in Washington Heights. Included in these pictures are Fort Tryon Park and some of the food from the area. I missed strawberry butter so much! Why can’t they sell this stuff in stores or at least have it in the West Coast restaurants? Also included in the pictures is the George Washington Bridge (the “GWB”) from our friend’s panoramic living room window.
My cane certainly didn’t keep anyone from running into me, but a lot of fun still.
Spring came very late this year in New York. There were hardly any blooms and the trees were still bare. There were even brisk days to come during the days we were there in late April. Still, it was wonderful to be near my old stomping grounds.
This trip we got a lot of the sun that I really needed after being in the house for a few months with my injured knee. It was good exercise for my knee to be in the pool a lot and I actually was able to do some walking without a cane or crutches. We also happened to run into one of our neighbors here in Hayward who was down in palm Springs for the same weekend, so it was nice to run into him and see a bunch of other friends, together with making some great new ones.
