NYC Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island

Tuesday July 12, 2011

Our final day of vacation didn't actually take place in New York City.
We had tried earlier in the trip to go to Ellis Island and to see the Statue of Liberty, but the ferry lines were crazy long and we thought we'd try boarding from the New Jersey side and make a day of it on Tuesday.
So we had one final breakfast with Aunt Martha and she kindly drove us to Liberty State Park where we boarded the ferry to Ellis Island. Before boarding the ferry we walked around the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal where immigrants used to board trains to their new homes around the country!

The train tracks are covered with greenery now
but you can still see the signs for each track

Boarding Miss New Jersey to go to Ellis Island!

Leaving Liberty State Park

View of NYC from New Jersey

Arriving at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum
Jenni was really excited to look up the names of her ancestors
who came to America as immigrants. 

Great Hall- immigrants were lined up here to be processed

We were able to walk through several of the check points that
immigrants were forced to pass through before being allowed to enter America.

After a quick lunch we boarded the ferry again and headed over to Liberty Island to see the statue.

I bought a little light up torch for work and had to strike a pose like the lady!

Jenni at Liberty Island

Me and Lady Liberty

Fun benches on the island.

When we had seen all we came to see we rode the ferry back to Liberty State park where my cousin picked us up and drove us to the airport to fly home. It was such a fun trip! We saw everything on our list and even a few places we hadn't planned on. It's safe to say we heart NY!

And that's what I did on my summer vacation...