Well, we are finally getting around to putting some stuff on the blog about our wonderful family vacation to New York. Brad and Becca say it was to see the big city, but in truth, it was to see our new little grandaughter, Lexi. And to put it mildly, we had just about the greatest time for 10 wonderful days away that a family could have. We had a ball. We started our big adventure out by flying the RED eye out of Salt Lake City on JetBlue. Now, we love JetBlue....but the midnight flight leaves much to be desired. Actually, the flight was very nice. Smooth as silk and we had the great inflight televisions to pass the time. The flight attendants don't bug you too much and everyone is trying to get a little sleep anyway. The only problem is that when you arrive at 5:30am at JFK, you have basically given up a night's sleep. At first we were so charged up, that it really didn't seem to matter. But we quickly found out that it was definately going to be a long day. With our plan of attending a Yankee's game in the old stadium before it is torn down this year, Christopher just couldn't let that dream go by...so he took a couple of days away from the office and joined us. His flight arrived 10 minutes after ours did...perfect timing! He found us and we waited for our ride to the city. We had arranged for a SUV to pick us up because of all the lug
gage and bodies. Much to our pleasant surprise the service rolled up with a 10 passenger stretch limo! What a way to ride into the big city....cool. We could not check into our hotel until 3:00 in the afternoon, so we just planted our luggage in the lobby storage and headed out for some early morning food and fun. We quickly found out that the food was going to be one of the highlights. Not only is it everywhere...but it is GOOD. Especially the pizza. There was a little deli across the street from the Hotel Stanford called Speedy's and we found ourselves there on a fairly regular basis. We bought some tickets to the RED do
uble decker bus to take the lower tour so that we could get an idea of where we wanted to go. Good idea, especially since we were so tired and wouldn't have lasted long walking or navigating the subway. It is very crazy when this is your first view of New York because it all seems so big and unbelieveably busy and wild.
gage and bodies. Much to our pleasant surprise the service rolled up with a 10 passenger stretch limo! What a way to ride into the big city....cool. We could not check into our hotel until 3:00 in the afternoon, so we just planted our luggage in the lobby storage and headed out for some early morning food and fun. We quickly found out that the food was going to be one of the highlights. Not only is it everywhere...but it is GOOD. Especially the pizza. There was a little deli across the street from the Hotel Stanford called Speedy's and we found ourselves there on a fairly regular basis. We bought some tickets to the RED do
uble decker bus to take the lower tour so that we could get an idea of where we wanted to go. Good idea, especially since we were so tired and wouldn't have lasted long walking or navigating the subway. It is very crazy when this is your first view of New York because it all seems so big and unbelieveably busy and wild. 
This is Erin and Christopher and a shot of Madison Square Garden (which is round). We finally checked into our hotel room and everyone decided to take a "short" nap. Well....that ended up being the end of the first day for Mom, Erin and Dustin. Night night!! Christopher and Dad couldn't sleep that soundly, so we packed up and had a father son trip to Times Square for the evening. Christopher only had a couple of days, so we made the most of the time he had.
Times Square Ernst and Young building.
Grand Central Station. We found this to also be a good potty break!
One of our dreams was to someday watch a game in Yankee Stadium. Because they are going to tear it down this year, we knew that this would be our last chance. So we made it happen! Whether you are a Yankee fan or not, being in the stadium and seeing all of the history of the game that has happened there is very exciting. Above is a memorial that they have to some of the greats that have played for the Yankees. Pretty cool. Below is D standing by his babe! This is all we will allow until he finishes his mish!
The Yankee Crew. We went out in the 3rd inning to get some food and one of the foul balls hit between Christopher and Dustin's chair! The little kid behind us got the ball. Bad deal. Another came close, but not close enough to get to. Below is the field view from our seats and then a picture of the new stadium that is being built across the street from the old park where we were.
It was a fun time. After, we hung around and waited for the crowd to thin so the subway wouldn't be so packed for our trip home. We went down to some stores and bars across the street from the stadium and watched the party. Yankees beat the Padres 9-0. The subway ride home was another adventure. As we got close to home, Dustin was worried that mom would have to walk quite a ways if we stayed on the 4 train. So we all decided to switch to the R train which would come right by the hotel. Well....we managed to jump on the R, but in the wrong direction and we ended up out in Queens at about 11:30pm. We had to do some navagating, but we finally made it back to the hotel and collapsed into bed after a long day of fun and adventure.
We will try to post a slide show with more pictures as soon as we figure it out. The second half of our trip was enjoyed in Rochester with Brad, Becca and Alexis. That blog is to come.
