Every adventure begins with a single step. Caleb's adventure began with saying goodbye to his Dad at the Atlanta airport.
When the stewardess learned that this was Caleb's maiden flight, she invited him up front to meet the pilot and co-pilot. Here he is sitting in the co-pilot's seat.
The co-pilot turned on all of the instrument lights and prompted the computer to talk. I think Caleb was impressed with how much training and knowledge is required to fly a big jumbo jet.
This was his first airplane ride and he took it like a champ.
Caleb's first night with us. It is great to be a grandparent and be able to spoil your grandkids -- and feel absolutely no guilt. Caleb was pretty happy when he learned that the Baskin-Robbins across the street is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Of course, the ice cream came only after we ate at the pizza shop on the other corner from our building.
Asleep on his first night in Manhattan with his Nana and Grandpop. He slept soundly.
Breakfast on his first morning in NYC. Some milk, a ham and cheese hot pocket followed by a fresh orange. What more can a guy ask for?
Although people from all over the world come to New York City to see many of its wonders -- Caleb is fascinated with the games on my iPhone. Here he is on the bus on the way downtown. We rode through Chinatown and went under two well-known bridges, but Caleb's eyes were riveted on that iPhone.
The large American eagle statue was erected in memory of all Navy personnel who gave their lives in defense of our country. In front of the statue are tall concrete tablets engraved with the names in alphabetical order.
We found two Hart names on the memorial walls of all Navy personnel who died in serving their country. One was from California and the second came from Connecticut.
Although not encouraged in many parts of the city, Caleb did find a spot where you can feed the pigeons. He had asked for a large New York pretzel and soon found it was too much for one boy to eat. So he willingly shared it.
Caleb was pretty excited to see Lady Liberty and began snapping multiple photos on his cell phone. Here we are reviewing his handiwork.
Caleb sitting in front of our lovely Lady Liberty.
One price that has not as yet gone up since I was a kid -- 25 cents and you get to look through a viewing telescope for about 3 minutes. Caleb spotted a sailing ship (one of those old "tall ships") and said he could even see the people on the deck.
If you are going to be in lower Manhattan, you must have your photo taken with the famous Wall Street bull.
So here we are at the other end of this famous bull. And I asked Caleb if he knew what was located under the tail. He looked and said "utters." I told him "no," that's his boy parts. Caleb was just a little embarrassed.
The building with the huge American flag on it located behind Caleb is the New York Stock Exchange. I don't think he really cared, but it made a nice photo.
At the South Street Seaport we found some really good ice cream. I think Caleb had something called chocolate fudge brownie. It looked good but we passed on having some ourselves.
At the Seaport Caleb got a good view of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
And while at the seaport Caleb did a bit of jumping on an indoor attraction. At the top of his jumps he said he could see the ships on the river. Sorry it is sidewise but don't know how to change it. :-(
After a long first full day (and walking 3+ miles), Caleb and John head toward home.
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