Day 2 Manhattan or a quest for affordable parking
Left Mount Arlington, NJ at 07:45 arrived in midtown Manhattan around 08:45. Drove by our hotel to see if our room was ready, no dice told us to comeback around 15:00. We drove around a bit and decided to take the 10:00 2 hour Circle Line tour. \
It was $30 to park at the pier so I thought I could do better. We found street parking that was a block away from the pier and according to the the 1/2 dozen signs on the post it seemed that parking was free on Sunday between 10:30 and 20:30. It was 9:15 we headed off to the Circle Line. We walked by ; what looked like a parked police SUV. About 30 meters past the police SUV I notice an officer get out of the vehicle and walk towards our van. I quickly walked over to the back of our mini-van and asked if their was a problem. He told me that we were getting a citation for being parked between 00:30 and 10:30. Yup that's what one of the 1/2 dozen signs said. The ticket was $115 US. HE could not rescind the ticket because he had already started the process. I asked it the other parked cars were getting tickets and he said yes. When he was done I asked for the ticket he told me he had to place it on the windshield. He turned around it on the car parked behind us. I said it wasn't my car he said "It's you lucky day move you vehicle and there'l be not ticket" shook his hand and went of to gladly pay 30 for parking on the pier.
Arrived at out Hotel on 29th street between 7th & 8th avenvue. Parking is $24 for 25 hours Mini-van is parked 2 1 block south and 2 blocks east. Normal rate ; for 24 hours tht expires at midnight is $44 so I think were getting a deal.
Went out for a bite to eat, Greek, then off to the Empire State Building to see teh town at dusk
Yummy cinnamon buns to start the day at the Holiday Inn Express in Mount Arlington, NJ
On the road to NYC
George Washington Bridge. Toll $8
Pulling away from the pier at West 42nd Street on the Hudson river.
Madame Liberté
New Jersey
Brooklyn Bridge
One of the first neon signs erected in the US on the former site of Pepsi's bottling plant. Building gone, land sol but the sign is considered a New York landmark and will remain.
DD's on the ferris whellin inside Toys R Us Times Square
Looking north up Broadway. ABC Good Morning America comes out of the building with the marquee on the right.
Times Square south down Broadway.
Our $15 pay as you go phone.
$600 US a month gets your vehicle a bunk bed.
Views from the 82nd floor of the Empire State Building.
North to midtown.
East to the East River that isn't realy a river it's an estuary
West to the Hudson looking at MSG, Penn Station and our hotel
South to Downtown.
