By Sam E.
SInce Montgomery County Public Schools did on have school on Friday, Novemer, 1st, we drove up to New York in the morning. We got to the Statue of Liberty ferry terminal at Liberty State Park around lunchtime, ate, and got on the ferry. At the statue, we got to go into the pedestal and see the cool museum they had about the architecture, structural design, and significance of the statue. We also climbed to the top of the pedestal, which has a narrow walkway on the outside, and is about 150 feet up. After a couple hours at the statue, we went back to Liberty State Park and drove over to BSA Camp Pouch on Staten Island, which is where we stayed on both nights. After dropping our stuff off, we went to a pizza place that was supposed to be the best on Staten Island.
In the morning, we took the Staten Island Ferry over to Manhattan, took the subway to 72nd Street, and walked to the American Museum of Natural History. We had tickets for the "Dark Universe" show at the planetarium, which was about dark matter and dark energy, and was very good. We then split up and explored the museum for an hour or so, and saw some cool exhibits. For lunch, we got food at a deli on 72nd, and then walked over to Strawberry Fields in Central Park in order to eat lunch. Then we walked around in Central Park for a bit, and went up some rock scrambles. Eventually, we made our way to Rockefeller Center and explored the Lego and Nintendo stores, before eating at the Junior's in Grand Central. Afterwards, we spent an hour or so in Times Square, and then went back to Staten Island.
On Sunday, the day of the NYC Marathon, we thought the ferries would be packed, so we drove over to Jersey City and took the PATH train over to the World Trade Center to go to the 9/11 memorial. It has these two large pools, one the site of each of the Twin Towers. Around them were the names of everyone killed on 9/11, as well as those who died in the 1993 WTC bombing. It was very moving. Afterwards, we took the PATH back to Jersey City and went home.
SInce Montgomery County Public Schools did on have school on Friday, Novemer, 1st, we drove up to New York in the morning. We got to the Statue of Liberty ferry terminal at Liberty State Park around lunchtime, ate, and got on the ferry. At the statue, we got to go into the pedestal and see the cool museum they had about the architecture, structural design, and significance of the statue. We also climbed to the top of the pedestal, which has a narrow walkway on the outside, and is about 150 feet up. After a couple hours at the statue, we went back to Liberty State Park and drove over to BSA Camp Pouch on Staten Island, which is where we stayed on both nights. After dropping our stuff off, we went to a pizza place that was supposed to be the best on Staten Island.
In the morning, we took the Staten Island Ferry over to Manhattan, took the subway to 72nd Street, and walked to the American Museum of Natural History. We had tickets for the "Dark Universe" show at the planetarium, which was about dark matter and dark energy, and was very good. We then split up and explored the museum for an hour or so, and saw some cool exhibits. For lunch, we got food at a deli on 72nd, and then walked over to Strawberry Fields in Central Park in order to eat lunch. Then we walked around in Central Park for a bit, and went up some rock scrambles. Eventually, we made our way to Rockefeller Center and explored the Lego and Nintendo stores, before eating at the Junior's in Grand Central. Afterwards, we spent an hour or so in Times Square, and then went back to Staten Island.
On Sunday, the day of the NYC Marathon, we thought the ferries would be packed, so we drove over to Jersey City and took the PATH train over to the World Trade Center to go to the 9/11 memorial. It has these two large pools, one the site of each of the Twin Towers. Around them were the names of everyone killed on 9/11, as well as those who died in the 1993 WTC bombing. It was very moving. Afterwards, we took the PATH back to Jersey City and went home.
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