Family Vacation... Part 2

One day that we were visiting the Flemings we all went into New York City for the day. We took a double decker bus all over the city where we could get off at any of the many stops that it made throughout... we had never ridden one of those before! We saw several places, including Central Park, Rockefeller Plaza, Times Square, St. Patrick's Cathedral, the American Girl Place, and the Empire State Building. We also had fun shopping around the M&M store and on the streets for our NYC tshirts! One of the most interesting things that we did, though, was take the NY subway system back to our car at the end of the day. How confusing! It took us about 20 minutes just to figure out what line to take... it was also hot and VERY dirty down in the train area, complete with VERY large rats! Let me assure you that this wasn't our first choice of transportation in NYC, but our bus passes had run out for the day and this was way cheaper than 7 of us trying to take taxis across the city! It was an adventure, though! We finally made it back to the car, found a place to eat a late dinner, then headed back to West Point. We had a very fun day, and Mitchell and Amelia loved getting to see NYC!