Our second fall convention trip for 2011 took us to an unusal campground in Jersey City, New Jersey. We camped at the Liberty Harbor Marina RV Park -- directly across the Hudson River from downtown Manhattan. Here is our helpful campground host who helped us with instructions and advice about navigating the New York City area.
The campground was filled with RVs from all over -- especially Canadians! We were five blocks from the subway that took us right into downtown Manhattan.
Less than a mile to two to the east was the Statue of Liberty. On Friday evening, Oct. 28th, we were able to witness the fireworks that celebrated the 125th birthday of "Lady Liberty".
In order to set up for our convention on Wednesday we had to drive our truck over to Queens via the Holland Tunnel to lower Manhattan and then on to the Williamsburg Bridge into Queens. Then on Friday it was necessary again to drive the truck to retrieve our exhibit materials. This time we used the Lincoln Tunnel to enter mid-Manhattan and fight the traffic to the Queensboro Bridge to the convention site. It is an exciting adventure.
On Thursday we took the subway to the convention. That was truly an adventure! First, we walked five blocks to the PATH station (NJ Subway) and caught a train to 34th St. in Manhattan. Then we had to walk a block to find the correct NY Subway train to 21st & Queensbridge. We made it! Many of the 590 teachers who attended the convention traveled the same way -- via the subway. It gave us a great appreciation for the dedicated service of these Christian school teachers. They were truly inspiring and an energetic group.
Lo, and behold we ran into a church youth group from Madison, Wisconsin that were happily bouncing around the subway station and up to the street corner. We even helped them with some directions because we "oldsters" had the smartphone. Go figure!
We found a wonderful (healthy) sandwhich shop next door to the Gershwin Theater where our play was being performed. While eating lunch the rain turn to snow and kept on snowing.
We thoroughly enjoyed "Wicked" which is the delightful (and very family friendly) pre-quel to the story of the Wizzard of OZ. It was fun for sure.
But the snow kept on falling and by morning we had over 5 inches on the truck and trailer. This caused us to stay an extra day before leaving the New York area and heading west through the Pocono Mtns. and our trek toward Canada.
After the convention was concluded we stayed over to attend a Broadway production on Saturday afternoon. Once again we took the subway, although this time we had to take a taxi to the PATH Station due to a cold rain. When we surfaced from the subway at 50th and Broadway we saw this scene looking back towards Times Square.
Lo, and behold we ran into a church youth group from Madison, Wisconsin that were happily bouncing around the subway station and up to the street corner. We even helped them with some directions because we "oldsters" had the smartphone. Go figure!
We found a wonderful (healthy) sandwhich shop next door to the Gershwin Theater where our play was being performed. While eating lunch the rain turn to snow and kept on snowing.
We thoroughly enjoyed "Wicked" which is the delightful (and very family friendly) pre-quel to the story of the Wizzard of OZ. It was fun for sure.
But the snow kept on falling and by morning we had over 5 inches on the truck and trailer. This caused us to stay an extra day before leaving the New York area and heading west through the Pocono Mtns. and our trek toward Canada.
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