Nov 11- First day in NY City

We made it into town and back--piece of cake. We rode the Light Rail, the PATH (NJ underground), and the NY subway. Good fun and only $13.50 for transportation. Getting to the top of the Empire State Building is a lot harder than it used to be. We had to wait in line for 90 minutes. They check your bags just like at the airport too. Worth the wait though, and I took a zillion pictures of Gene and his map. The Veteran's Day Parade went by while we were out on the Observation Deck and we could hear the bands and see everything. If you look at the foggy picture--that's looking south to the Financial District. If you look at the right hand side across the river--see the tallest building? That's in Jersey City and our RV is parked right behind that building. Look again at the street that heads straight down to the south end of Manhattan. Its pointing just about where the World Trade Center buildings were. We wandered in and out of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, had ice cream at Trump Tower, and bought Lentil a stuffed Teddy Bear at FAO Schwartz. By then it was starting to get dark and we headed back to the rig. Gene is now gearing up for the Cougar game...wore his colors all day!