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First visitors and day in NYC

On R Day Chad's cousin Zack came up to visit.  The next afternoon Chad's parents came up to visit as well.  

Watching the new cadets go to lunch.




Highland Falls 4th of July parade.






I had come back to the house so Mya could nap, so I wasn't there to monitor the amount of candy collected. :) 


The next day we went to NYC with Chad's parents.  Zack needed to get to Penn Station, so it worked out well for us to drop him off.  

We didn't have definitely plans for the day. As we drove into the city we drove past the USS Intrepid Museum, so we decided to walk down and check it out. 
Since we weren't in a hurry, we decided to stop at a park and let the girls play in a shade for a little while. 




View from the deck of the Intrepid.  Very hot day!  The Intrepid is free for active military and they give discounts for family members and veterans.  It is definitely more than a pass by event.  It takes a good 3 hours to take in most of the displays.  We were super disappointed to learn that the space shuttle Enterprise exhibit was going to open the week after we were there.   


While the ship was retired and turned into a museum years ago, it was actually used by the FBI as a headquarters during 9/11.  


The lower decks have the museum areas and most importantly - air conditioning!


Trying out the Apollo seats.


Checking out the sailor bunks.

After the Intrepid, we headed down to Time Square.  We showed Addison the entrance to The Lion King - she is very excited to see it one day!

Mya sleeping through her first trip to Time Square.


Addison's first trip to NYC and Time Square!

Can you see us in top left corner?? 

The girls first ride on the Subway!

Headed to the financial district to see the 9/11 Memorial. 

Thankfully they were handing out passes the day we were there...because we didn't know you had to reserve passes ahead of time!

The Freedom Tower going up

A very sobering visit to Ground Zero.  A beautiful memorial though.




It was a long hot day, but it was great to see the sights with Chad's parents. We hope to go to the city so many more times while we are here!

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