Friday, December 13, 2013

The Statue of Liberty

This side trip was the one attraction that Steve really cared about! It was a gorgeous, sunny day, but (this was my motto this week) it was sooo cold! I wanted to take full advantage of all of the amazing sites and sounds this week, but by today, the cold had me a little beat. 

We didn't want to leave with seeing the statue, though, so we braved the wind and set out.


On the ferry to Liberty Island, where the Statue of Liberty is.

 
From far away...


Finally there and coming off the ferry


The harbor view from the island


The New York skyline from Liberty Island


Doesn't the blue sky really make her stand out? I was so thankful that these last couple days have been sunny! It hasn't made it any warmer, but it's made the city even more beautiful!
 

Our close-up selfie

Getting a helping hand from a fellow tourist. 
We had tickets to go into the pedestal, but not the crown. Once we get there, though, the line was so long to even get into the pedestal that we realized we weren't going to have time to go up inside and still get back to the hotel to catch our ride to the airport.
 
So we put that on our bucket list for July! To reserve tickets ahead of time so that we can go up into the crown, and have a longer chance to take the ferry and walk around Ellis Island afterwards! Oh, and to get to stand on the outer decks of the ferry! 
 
This was our last official "site" to see, and I'm so thankful Steve got to come with me this time!

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