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The Statue of Liberty and stuff

We had a bunch of friends in town and failed to lose any of them while touring DC, so we decided to try New York. Fortunately, we didn’t lose anyone there, but we did see the Statue of Liberty.

Keep Park Clean Battery Park waterfront Statue of Liberty

The security screening before boarding the boat to Liberty Island causes a huge line – the whole boarding process probably took a half hour, even though we had reserved tickets. I felt pretty sorry for the folks with non-reserved tickets.

Miss Liberty Circle Line tour boat

The best view of the statue was from the boat as we passed in front of it on our way to the dock on the island and on the way back to Battery Park via Ellis Island.

View of the Statue of Liberty Please Do Not Feed the Birds

Were they really having a problem with people on the boat feeding the birds?

The ShackBurger

This ShackBurger from the Shake Shack was delicious, if a bit salty. Oddly, they served Fiji bottled water there – seems odd in the city with the best tap water in the country.

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Copp’s Hill Burying Ground

From a trip to Boston last year. We walked way too far that day, from somewhere around Fenway Park all the way to Faneuil Hall.

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Nice boot

I have a pair of more modern motorcycle boots (waterproof, velcro, shin armor, etc.), but I usually wear these Frye boots because they’re so comfortable…and good looking.

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E-85

Situated right across from our local coal-fired power plant, of course.

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To South

While some friends were visiting the Capitol I wandered over to the power plant and spotted this disorienting sign cluster on the way back.