Experiencing America > 2012 > Mountains, Oceans, & the East...2012 > Day 5
Day FIVE...
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
As our endeavors in the Northern New England states comes to a close, we start to head down the coast. Destination for today, New York City. Said by many to be the greatest city on Earth. I for one...not one of the many. While it does have many sights, and food to enjoy, I just find it a larger, dirtier Chicago. Heading south out of Boston, our journey takes us past the state house in Rhode Island, then across U.S. 6 to collect a picture of the Connecticut State House in Hartford.
Now to State 10!!...Rhode Island...
The Rhode Island Welcome Sign on SB I-95 at the Massachusetts/Rhode Island State Line.
The Rhode Island State House.
Now to State 11!!...Connecticut...
The Connecticut Welcome Sign on WB U.S. 6 at the Rhode Island/Connecticut State Line.
The Connecticut State House in Hartford.
From Hartford, we head south along I-91, to I-691, then I-84. This takes us along the rolling green hills of Western Connecticut.
Back to State 5!!...New York...
The New York Welcome Sign on WB I-84, at the Connecticut/New York State Line.
Once in New York, we dropped south on I-684 in to the Greater New York City Area. Arriving early afternoon, we circled the New York City expressways and river crossings, including the Throgs Neck Bridge, RFK Bridge, George Washington Bridge, Goethals Bridge, and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, before heading in to Manhattan via the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. It took us through Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Manahttan, Staten Island, and Kings Bouroughs.
A Google Map of our bridge tour in the Greater-New York City Area.
Getting ready to enter the Battery Tunnel.
Looking up New York 9A/West Street. The new World Trade tower is under construction in the picture.
Our reservations were at the Comfort Inn on 36th Street in Midtown-Manhattan. This was within walking distance of Pier 83, where we had scheduled a night time light tour, on the Hudson and East Rivers, and in to New York Harbor. The tour was about two and half hours. It sailed down the Hudson River, into New York Harbor, and up the East River to the United Nations. Then reverse. After the cruise, we walked to Times Square. With all the choices of the world to dine at...dinner was at a Mc Donald's on 42nd Street. Lucky for us, New York City hadn't eliminated 32oz soft drinks. We got one of the last ones...
Looking at Pier 83.
This is similar to the boat we rode on ofr our cruise.
The U.S.S. Intrepid.
Pier 54. This is where the RMS Titanic was to dock when it was to arrive in New York.
Looking south at Lower Manhattan from the Hudson River.
Our first look at the Statue of Liberty.
Looking south at Ellis Island.
Castle Williams on Governors Island.
The Brooklyn Bridge.
The Manhattan Bridge.
The Williamsburg Bridge.
An old Pepsi sign in Gantry Plaza State Park. This was on a bottling plant in Queens.
Looking west at the United Nations.
Looking north at Long Island City.
Looking west at the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building.
The Statue of Liberty at night.
A view of Lower Manhattan at night from New York Harbor.
Views of Mid-town Manhattan. Including buildings in TImes Square, the Empire State Building, and the Chrysler Building.
Looking at the top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the home of NBC-TV.
Looking south in Times Square.
Looking north in Times Square.
One of the last large Cokes served in New York City.
Day SIX