This was our last full day in New York. The next day we were flying home. Josh was still in his conference and my parents and I took a water tour of New York.
I had packed for colder weather. The whole time we were there it was just perfect (other than the day it rained like crazy).
It was so different to see NY by water. You start to realized how much is packed into such a small space!
The waves were SO choppy and our boat wasn't huge so it was SO SO bumpy. Sort of cool, sort of freaky at times.
We got close to the Statue of Liberty to get some good shots.
I came away sort of in love with this statue. It is so easy to roll your eyes at the whole thing as we have all seen a million horribly replicated paper weights to last us a life time, but she honestly took my breath away with how gorgeous and huge!
After our tour I took my parents back to our amazing little pizzeria for some authentic NY style pizza. They agreed that was pretty amazing.
After lunch we headed to our tour of The Statue of Liberty. Since we had driven by it on a boat, it was fun to actually go there. The last time I went to NY, I didn't get to go here and I have been kicking myself ever since.
We rented some headsets and learned so much about this beautiful lady. It was all quite amazing.
Our view of NY from the island.
I honestly couldn't stop taking pictures. I was SO impressed with the size and beauty of this icon. I can't believe the genius it took to construct it in France and bring it here and to get it up all those years ago.
This was our little boat we took. Right when we got back to the land, Josh was there waiting for us as his conference was over. It was fun to see him as we pulled up and once again, I imagined people seeing loved ones for the first time in a long time when they got into where we were pulling into on their own ships.
After that we headed to the New York City Museum.
It was pretty interesting, but definitely not a must see. It was included in our tour pass and there wasn't too much in it. But still cool.
The City at sunset.
That night we headed to Rockefeller Center for our last dinner in New York. We at at The Rock Center Cafe, and it was delicious. It is on my bucket list to come back one year during Christmas. I think it would be awesome to see all of this decked out for the holidays!
Can I tell you how much fun it was to be with my parents. They were a ball to hang out with. It is always fun when you find good travelling buddies!
The next morning we had to get up good and early because we wanted to make it home for Palmer's football game.
It was just perfect to see the sunrise above the clouds.
This was one of my favorite trips ever and I hope that one day we can bring back our boys!
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