New York City and the Hudson

This is us in New York City in Central Park. We explored the park and sort of got lost. There are a lot of winding paths that are very confusing. Apparently I’m supposed to say that we went on a long and winding road and ended up at Strawberry Fields. It actually took us a long time to find Strawberry Fields ( a section of the park sponsored by Yoko Ono in memory of John Lennon.)

Okay. This is an extremely creepy and strange busker in Central Park. There were actually a lot of strange people and things in New York. There was a guy that had a Chihuahua in a wheelchair. It was a sort of setup thinger that made it look like he was in a wheelbarrow race. There was also someone who was walking their guinea pig on the sidewalk. But this guy was the weirdest of all. He was wearing a loin cloth thing and a weirdo feather on his head and he was singing OOOOOOOOOOOOH!!! in a high pitched voice, playing the violin, ringing a bell and dancing around like a ballerina. It was very, very strange. He sort of freaked me out.

New York is very strange. These are some things you will see in New York:

1. 40 or 50 police cars all parked in one area, the drivers all looking bored or eating snacks.

2. A shop with very strange and very expensive furniture. (e.g. chairs with cows on them, red plastic tables in squiggly shapes)

3. Almost no one who is standing alone and not talking on their cell phone.

4. a freaky busker wearing a loin cloth

5. handicapped Chihuahuas

6. very strange clothes

7. a barefoot singer in Central Park calling himself the barefoot singer (he’s there every Saturday)

8. Lots and lots and lots of yellow taxis (Mom and I got to ride one!!!)

9. If you go on a weekend, everyone seems to be shopping.

10. We saw Donald Trump come in on his helicopter!!

11. A guy riding a unicycle down the sidewalk

This is a pretty picture of a sunrise on the Hudson. I think it was the morning after our first night out of New York.


As you can see, the mast is no longer pointing up. On the morning of my birthday, we took the mast down for the Erie Canal and the Oswego Canal. It went very smoothly (not like last time) and stayed on the deck for the whole time.