Last Thursday we left after work for NYC - well, Long Island actually. We loaded the van with the 5 of us and our niece, Tess, who is 4 months older than Emily and drove the 415 miles east.
On Friday, we visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island - that was about all of the history the kids could stand. We headed uptown to the Marathon Expo to pick up Dave's packet and get some healthy snacks to hold us over until dinner. Kristi & Kyle headed back to LI so Kyle could get some trick or treating in, while the rest of us stayed with Paul & Katherine to visit Times Square, Rockefeller Center and Grand Central. It was Halloween, so the city was a bit freakier than normal :)
Saturday, the girls wanted to shop and I wanted to go to the beach, so we did both. Roosevelt Field Mall is really nice, a lot of the same stores they have here, but some new ones too! We visited Jones Beach and played some beach soccer and hung out. It was a beautiful day - about 68 degrees - too cold to swim, but just right to hang out.
Sunday was RACE DAY! We found out late Saturday night that Dave would have to get up at 3:30 am (the buttcrack of dawn) to catch the Long Island Railroad to Penn Station, then a subway to South Ferry to catch the Staten Island Ferry. He made it to Staten Island by 6:15 - the race started at 10:00 am. (live and learn...)
More about Race day later - it deserves a post all on it's own!
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