Trudy, Helen and Connie Say Hello NY Goodbye Harts

In just about a week John and I will once again be moving. Our next "home" will be on the island of Oahu. The word home is in quotes because we long ago adopted the philosophy that home is where we are - and are together. So NYC has been home for a little over a year. But before we leave there have to be a number of goodbyes. Trudy (Md), Helen (Charleston), and Connie (D.C.) drove up for a few days. To date Trudy has not had a chance to see some of the wonders of our city. It is now Trudy's turn. We took a few photos along the way.


Waiting in line to board the Circle Line for a cruise completely around Manhattan island. This cruise has been active for 64 years. The pier where we boarded is only a few hundred yards from where Sully made the famous emergency water landing of his jet airplane. Circle line boats were among the first to arrive and offer aid.


This is Trudy once we boarded the boat but were still at the dock. She smiled a lot during the whole 3 hours. The cruise includes a commentary telling us the history/story of much that we saw.


Connie has been to the city many, many times. But she still enjoys taking photos to capture memories.


We cruised around the lower tip of the island and had a good view of the financial district.


We went close to Lady Liberty as well as Ellis Island.



We sailed up the East River right past the United Nations. The tall black building to the right of the UN is yet another building from Donald Trump. The cruise also showed us Yankee stadium(s) -- there are two right now, one old and one new -- Harlem, 21 bridges, one cable car that takes residents home to Roosevelt Island, Grants' tomb and lots of other stuff.


What is a trip to New York without a visit to Times Square? Portions of Times Square as well as Herald Square are now designated for pedestrian use only. The city has put out hundreds of chairs for public use. We sat for quite a while and just took in the sights and sounds.


Eventually we moved down to Herald Square and sat for a while there. Trudy and I wandered into Macy's for a short time to look around.


The Ladies had tickets to go to the top of the Empire State building. They wanted to wait until dark. While waiting we took the opportunity to have dinner in a restaurant located at the base of the Empire State.


After dinner we wandered out and across the street. Just for fun I asked Trudy to look up. She seemed transfixed! I guess looking up at 80+ floors from the street can be an awesome sight.