Hiking in November

We stopped to take in the view from Squally Reach Viewpoint in Gowlland Tod Provincial Park today on a hike.  It was okay I guess... just another beautiful November day on the island.

New York City - Day 4

 Day 4 was another day in which we covered a lot of ground.  To start the day we journeyed over to Central Park.  We wandered around the trails in search of the Alice in Wonderland statue, and marvelled about how much information you pick up from movies and T.V. shows that are filmed in the city.

We finally found Alice just as we were running out of time before we had to head to Greenwich Village to start our food tour.

We did the tour with Foods of New York Tours, and I would definitely recommend it.  We walked around the borough and tried some delicious foods, but were also given a lot of information about the historical neighbourhood. 

Murray's Cheese Shop founded in 1940

Palma Restaurant

"On this site in 1897 nothing happened"

From Greenwich we made our way to Chelsea to check out the Chelsea Market and the High Line.

Bar Nana

Inside Chelsea Market in the Meatpacking District

 The High Line is a decommissioned elevated freight rail line that was built in 1934 to transport goods to and from Manhattan's largest industrial district.  The last train ran in 1980.  It is now public park space.

 We ended the night on the Lightship Frying Pan at the Pier 66 Maritime Bar & Grill, we enjoyed the cool breeze from the Hudson as the sun set over Hoboken.

New York - Day 3

By day three it was getting much hotter in the city.  We took the train out to Coney Island to get some time by the beach.  We stopped at Nathan's Famous to have a hot dog at the birth place of the hot dog.

After our hot dogs, we went for a walk along the beach.  We rode the Cyclone which was built in 1927 and is one of three rides designated as New York City landmarks.  Another is the Wonder Wheel pictured below built in 1918; and the third is the Parachute Jump, in the following picture, which was built in 1938 but has not been in use since 1968.

We visited Ruby's Bar & Grill to cool off before heading back.

We headed to Brooklyn Bridge Park to get some ice cream and see Jane's Carousel.  

Manhattan Bridge reflected in the enclosure of Jane's Carousel.

Hot and tired at this point, we decided to walk across the Brooklyn bridge towards Manhattan.

The Manhattan skyline seen behind the Manhattan Bridge from the Brooklyn Bridge.

Steve-aversary

Four years ago today we adopted this handsome dude. Happy adopt-aversary to my big bubs.  Check out my first post about him back when he was just a tiny bub.