Moore Family: New York

New York Baby! Our friends Ian and Adrienne asked us to come on a trip to New York. Both Nick and I have always wanted to go so of course we made it happen. We went to New York, Philadelphia for just 1 day and then over to Washington D.C. Another couple from Utah Mandy and Ronnie came along to. Thanks for my mom and Nick's mom for watching our kids for 7 days.

Time Square

So we all met up at JFK airport and took a 45 min. ride to our hotel. Everything is so different. Building are all extremely tall and skinny and no yard. Our hotel was just a few block from Time square and we were able to walk to most places.

We did take one of the bus tours that drove us to upper and lower Manhattan, by Central Park (which was enormous) , through the Bronx and across the Brooklyn Bridge.

I had always thought the ball on New Year's came out from the ground. I was wrong. It is in the middle of a building way up high. It actually looks pretty small from the ground.

Our Hotel.

Reflection Pools at 911.

Naked Cowboy

The Statue of Liberty was closed for cleaning. We were able to take a boat tour that drove us around the Statue.

Picture from the boat.

This is one of the new tours they are working on in place of the Twin Tours.

The subway experience was a little scary at first but once we got the hang of it, it was quite fun and very practical.

New York City Fire Department

One of the Church's we passed. It is just beautiful. We were told there is like a five year wait to get married here.

Another first was taking the Amtrak over to Philadelphia.

Liberty Bell

Famous Love statue

This is a famous Philadelphia Cheese steak restaurant that has been featured on the food network. The line was wrapped clear around the building. It was so yummy!

Rocky Statue

From Philadelphia we went over to Washington D.C.

Changing of the Guards

We were able to find our friend Jason Workman's burial site. He was one of the Navy Seals that died in a helicopter crash.

Our Hotel in Washington D.C.

House of Lincoln. It was such a great trip with great friends. I appreciate Adrienne setting up the entire trip. She saved us a ton of money on all of the research she did on hotels and transportation. I loved all of the history and the museums we were able to go in. New York was probably my favorite and I would love to go back!