Lady Liberty and Ellis Island

We are getting slower everyday. Today we began with housekeeping, resting, and working on feet. Dad has a numb spot on his foot and I have very painful blisters on the bottom of 4 toes.

We went to see the Statue of Liberty up close and personal and Ellis Island. These are two things we studied in depth before we traveled. Because of all the studying we feel we had a better understanding of what we were seeing. On Ellis Island we purchased one audio tour and I am very glad we did. The tour did not tell me much I did not know already, but it did direct us through the museum in the order the immigrants went through. This was important because much of what was there at the time is gone. The room full of benches and stations that were used for processing is empty. Due to our late start and the very long time it takes to get there from Battery Park we had to keep moving and could not go at a leisurely pace.

Second floor, view out the window looking toward Manhatten.

Picture of how it looked on a normal day of new immagrants awaiting processing and entry into America.
The Great Hall today.
Stairs of Seperation, one for people free to enter, one for those detained and one for those denied entry.
View from the window above the Great Hall looking toward the hospital.

We did have time to see and do all that we wanted on Ellis Island, but would have liked to have had time to get off the boat at Liberty Island.


We needed to be back in town at Grand Central Station for Jacob to meet up with the orchestra for dinner. He enjoyed his evening with them and the rest of us came home to have dinner and do laundry. The original plan was for someone to go back to town to pick Jacob up. He checked in a little after nine and let us know he was ready to come home. We agreed it was early enough that he would be fine on the subway and he did it alone and arrived safely at home.