New York City 3 - Rockefeller Center, Times Square & Empire State Building

Two days of touring on our own. Starting at the Top of The Rock Rockefeller Center. First shot is of the Empire State Building from the Rock.

 View of Central Park

 We camped near the far right hand high rise tower in New Jersey

 Times Square New Years Ball

 Bottom of the Rochefeller Center

 Grand Central Station

 More Elevator Parking

 Wall Art in Chelsa area

 More times square

 Near Times Square fireengines

 UN Building

 More Times Square

 From Empire State Building at night

 GE sign is on the Rochefeller Center

New York City 2 - Pictures taken on a bus tour all around New York

 Obama Look-a-Like and lots of characters in costume in times square area

Central Park

 This is the place where Yoko Ono lives, right across from Central Park

 Empire State Building

 Stock Exchange

 Elevator parking lot

New World Trade Center Main Tower with minor tower to the right being built

 Statue of Liberty

 More at times square

New York City 1 - 9/11 Memorial, New World Trade Center, Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, Statue of Liberty

We have been busy. First a visit to the World Trade Center and 9/11 Memorial

 Next a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge

 And a view from the bridge of the Harbor, Staton Island Ferry and Statue of Liberty in the distance.

 A walk through Central Park including this mozaic in the Strawberry Fields area remembering John Lennon

 Finally a very long shot of the Statue of Liberty at night from our campsite.

Massachusetts Cape Cod/Provincetown

We had a delightful visit with my cousin Karen and her partner Arlene in Shrewbury, MA and we took a trip for the day to Cape Cod. Here are 2 photos of Provincetown

 The above photos were taken from the top of the Pilgrim Tower (picture below). We climbed to the top of the tower (thankfully most floors were ramps not stairs).

 We then took a jeep ride to the dune area. Although we could not drive on the dunes because of the federal government shut-down.

 And then back to Provincetown for some exploring and dinner.

New Hampshire Fall Colors

Sept 30 A walk on the Appalachian Trail

Today we went for a hike to check out a piece of the Appalachian Trail.

 Trial Markers

 One of many waterfalls

Sept 27 - Sept 29 We have crossed the border

Yes we are in the USA. With my desire to see some fall colors we headed to New Hampshire as they are ahead of the coast regions. Also it was a chance to see some of the White Mountains and the Appalachian Trail. Today's post will be about our trip up Mt. Washington on the Auto-Road (which Helen did not enjoy) and the views we saw up top. The auto road travels 8 miles up to the top of Mt Washington, but the roadway is quite narrow and quite exposed on one side or the other as it wanders up the mountain. Besides hiking (the Appalachian Trail crosses Mt Washington) the only other way up is via a clog railway from the other side of the mountain (actually there are several different trains and cars),