It’s been a great summer for watermelon. I just had to put that somewhere. I don’t know when I have had more or better watermelon than we have all the way back to Georgia. That was back in April and we have kept one in the frig since then. I cut up half in chunks and put it in a Tupperware bowl and cover the other half with plastic wrap and then do it all again in order as necessity dictates. We often sit, each armed with a fork and the bowl between us stabbing sweet and juicy chunks of watermelon and doing whatever else we happen to be doing. The only rule is, no ‘dirty pickin’; that will get you a gentle, or not, stabbing with a fork.
But this is titled, Mr. Bill and NYC. We really wanted to go to New York City and see at least a few of the sites. Whether justified or not I have always had a little trepidation about driving the motorhome into and thru large metro areas. I think NYC qualifies as a large metro area. Still we were looking for solutions and ultimately arrived at one. There are just a couple of campgrounds somewhat near NYC and they do offer bus tours to the ‘Big Apple’. We chose the KOA park north of the city in Plattekill, NY. As far as we’re concerned it was a good choice. We took the Gray Line tour from there.
Our tour guide referred to himself as Mr. Bill and he did a very commendable job. He was very knowledgeable and kept us all from going too far astray in the crowds and hustle and bustle of the city, all the while telling us what it was we were seeing. Much of the tour was sightseeing from the bus but there were 4 or 5 stops to get out, look around, or do a little shopping. We got out for the ferry ride to Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty, with a stop at Ellis Island and a walk through Battery Park. We stopped for lunch at South Street seaport on a pier that had a great view of the Brooklyn Bridge. Then we stopped at the Empire State building and Times Square, where we got a piece of Juniors very famous cheesecake. We drove through Little Italy, China Town, by the WTC site, which is now closed for construction, and passed Rockefeller Center and down Broadway. My disclaimer for folks more knowledgeable than I about the ‘Big Apple’ is that it wasn’t necessarily in that order. It was a very good tour and I would recommend it to all. But rather than talk more about it or give you some kind of history lesson, I will just post some of our pictures.
But this is titled, Mr. Bill and NYC. We really wanted to go to New York City and see at least a few of the sites. Whether justified or not I have always had a little trepidation about driving the motorhome into and thru large metro areas. I think NYC qualifies as a large metro area. Still we were looking for solutions and ultimately arrived at one. There are just a couple of campgrounds somewhat near NYC and they do offer bus tours to the ‘Big Apple’. We chose the KOA park north of the city in Plattekill, NY. As far as we’re concerned it was a good choice. We took the Gray Line tour from there.
Our tour guide referred to himself as Mr. Bill and he did a very commendable job. He was very knowledgeable and kept us all from going too far astray in the crowds and hustle and bustle of the city, all the while telling us what it was we were seeing. Much of the tour was sightseeing from the bus but there were 4 or 5 stops to get out, look around, or do a little shopping. We got out for the ferry ride to Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty, with a stop at Ellis Island and a walk through Battery Park. We stopped for lunch at South Street seaport on a pier that had a great view of the Brooklyn Bridge. Then we stopped at the Empire State building and Times Square, where we got a piece of Juniors very famous cheesecake. We drove through Little Italy, China Town, by the WTC site, which is now closed for construction, and passed Rockefeller Center and down Broadway. My disclaimer for folks more knowledgeable than I about the ‘Big Apple’ is that it wasn’t necessarily in that order. It was a very good tour and I would recommend it to all. But rather than talk more about it or give you some kind of history lesson, I will just post some of our pictures.
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