I tease our family that our vacations are ADHD vacations: small spurts of activity then we go home and rest the feet. Friday morning's goal was to get tickets to the Disney plays. At least one or two. We got to the box office to stand in the immense line. We were it — for 45 minutes. But we got out with tickets for 3 of us to see "Beauty and the Beast" that night. Jennifer obediently took a nap for a couple hours so she wouldn't fall asleep before it was over. Her eyes were enormous during the play. Especially when the giant champange bottle pops and confetti spurts over the audience. The wolves were terrifying. She loved it.
Saturday morning, we got a relatively early start (for college students) and headed down to the Statue of Liberty. The boat ride was refreshing and a lot cooler than standing in line... or Manahttan... period. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Lacrosse.
Together for 2 seconds....
We boarded another boat and continued on to Ellis Island. What a wonderful place. We called Grandma Barlow to double-check if we had any relatives that went through Ellis Island, but all of ours came at the peak before the island opened. The documentation, pictures, history and accounts are facinating.
A U.S. flag from one view and photos of folks descended from immigrants on the other side.
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We ended the day with a water run-through in Battery Park. Jennifer and Quint were the test subjects. We brought Jennifer's suit. Then she fell asleep in her stroller for the subway ride home.
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