New York City Day 3

We started the day by walking the Brooklyn Bridge begining at the Brooklyn side.

Then we walked into China town, but didn't buy anything. We went back to the hotel to regroup before Jasmine and I went to Aladdin on Broadway.

Tyler went exploring and discovered some new stores while we were in the theater.

Afterwards went around to the stage door to catch the actors coming out, but it started raining!  Above is the sultan, Prince Jasmine's dad.

This is the actress who portrayed Princess Jasmine.

Jasmine and Jasmine!

One of Aladdin's friends.

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Jasmine desperately want to meet the Genie. He really played to the audience well. There was no sign of him, and everyone started leaving. We were waiting for Ty to come find us. Then the Genie walked down the street.

He was really friendly. To me, he made the show.

 We went to Build a Bear, then started home.

We went to K Mart because I had close to $150 Shop Your Way points, and we don't have a Sears or K Mart.

 Stopped for Chinese take out on the way home, but we didn't get any fortune cookies. :(

The are hokey, but once in a while one of them will say something that makes sense.

Big day tomorrow, so I'm determined to be in bed by midnight!

New York City Day 2

These first pictures of street art are from Day One but got missed.

 Day 2 We headed to Central Park and rented bikes.

The castle was under renovation last year. This year it's still under renovation, but at least you can see it. Sometime I would actually like to go into it.

We only had an hour, and we barely got started when it was time to go back. But Ty and Jasmine were going to King Kong on Broadway.

While they were there, I wandered around and came across a street market.

an actress from King Kong

Last year I bought his CD in the subway

If I could carry a tune, I might be able to pay both mortgages!

I have severe tendinitis in my right foot and am not really supposed to be walking on it, but that's not an option.

As usual, the other two are asleep, and I'm still up!

Can't wait to see what tomorrow holds.

New York City Day One

We left the house at 6:15 this morning and made out 8:00 a.m. flight with no problems. We had a layover in Atlanta, and that flight was delayed by an hour.

We finally arrived in Newark and took the airtrain to Penn Station NYC to Barclay to 36th Street in Brooklyn and walked to our hotel from there.

Then we went to Times Square to the Nintendo Store, M&M Store and Disney Store.

We got back to our hotel around 12:30, and Tyler and Jasmine are asleep as I write this. It's 1:40 a.m. now.

I only have a few pictures from today.

Sharing a double cone.

Nintendo World

FAO Schwarz

She Did It!

This girl graduated last night!

Before the ceremony

There were a lot less graduates due to Hurricane Michael. We lost about 25% of all the students in Bay County.

I invited Jasmine's birth mom to join us for the ceremony. She and her boyfriend drove from Jacksonville.

She's come a long way, and while I'm sad this journey has come to an end, I'm exciting for the adventures ahead.

We leave for NYC very shortly.