Silly Fun

We started our drive West this morning, stopping in Western PA.

The kids had fun on the drive with the sticky notepad pages that Gramma gave them.

And they biked around the park for a bit...

The Statue of Liberty and Grandma's House

We're winding up our week here at Keith's parents.  Keith grew up in a small, cute town with an awesome view out the back door.

The Moravian Church in Nazareth, PA

The view from the back porch

While here visiting the grandparents, they took us out to eat for lunch where I had the *small* cheesesteak sandwich.  Boy, was it good!

Nothing beats East Coast food.  

The family-the grandparents, the sister and her husband and us.

The only sightseeing we were able to fit in was visiting the Statue of Liberty.

If you plan a trip and you want to either visit the crown or the pedestal, you have to book the tickets in advance online.  The tickets will show a time for you to be at the ferry--ignore it.  We found out that it didn't matter what time your ticket said as long as you are there on the right day.   A big thanks to the very nice park ranger who informed us that yes, we would have time to visit Ellis Island AND the Statue.

We boarded the ferry on the NJ side--lots of parking and no where the lines and people that were coming and going from Battery Park in NY.  It was only about an hour and twenty minutes away and I was surprised at what an easy drive it was.

Our ferry

The New York ferry

Pulling out of Liberty State Park, NJ on our way to Ellis Island the Statue

The wind was hellacious, but the sky was beautiful.  I'm sooo glad we were able to go!

New York skyline

Ellis Island

More skyline

Being silly

The view from the pedestal

It was very, very windy

At the bottom of the pedestal

The chillin's

The statue and New York

This is what you see of the Statue when you are on the pedestal