We set off to meet the 9:30 ferry from Liberty Landing to financial district dock. The ferry is a 3 min walk from the boat. It was supposed to reach 90 degrees today so we wanted to get there before it got too hot.
The 911 museum and memorial is what we wanted to see and from the dock where we got off it was only a 20 min walk. The museum is very somber, as you would expect, but I think it is something everyone should see. It is our country's history (not a good one) but we should not forget that day and the people that lost their lives. The memorial was beautiful and peaceful. I thought it might be somber like the museum but it wasn't. The 911 volunteers put white roses on the names of the lost on their birthdays. That was very nice to see that they are still celebrated. We spent about 4 hours going seeing both.
We headed back to the dock to return to Liberty Landing where we went to another dock to buy tickets to Ellis Island. We boarded that ferry and off we went. The building is very impressive. We toured that for about 2 hours and then Bob got tired of all the people swerving in and out so back on the ferry and back to the boat.
We had only 1 day planned to to go to the city and it was a very long day for these 2 boaters. You would need at least a week here but the marina is too expensive for our budget.
We have not yet decided to head north up the Hudson River or south to New Jersey. With all the storms forming in the Atlantic we might just wait it out .
The 911 museum and memorial is what we wanted to see and from the dock where we got off it was only a 20 min walk. The museum is very somber, as you would expect, but I think it is something everyone should see. It is our country's history (not a good one) but we should not forget that day and the people that lost their lives. The memorial was beautiful and peaceful. I thought it might be somber like the museum but it wasn't. The 911 volunteers put white roses on the names of the lost on their birthdays. That was very nice to see that they are still celebrated. We spent about 4 hours going seeing both.
We headed back to the dock to return to Liberty Landing where we went to another dock to buy tickets to Ellis Island. We boarded that ferry and off we went. The building is very impressive. We toured that for about 2 hours and then Bob got tired of all the people swerving in and out so back on the ferry and back to the boat.
We had only 1 day planned to to go to the city and it was a very long day for these 2 boaters. You would need at least a week here but the marina is too expensive for our budget.
We have not yet decided to head north up the Hudson River or south to New Jersey. With all the storms forming in the Atlantic we might just wait it out .
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