On October 2nd, we left Centreville, Virginia and headed toward New York City. It was finally time to go back to NYC after we had tried to see the city back on September 10-11. It had been forecasted to rain hard during our last time there so we went on to Pennsylvania instead and made these reservations to come back. We stayed in Jersey City, at Liberty Harbor Marine and RV. This place sits right on the East side of the Hudson River and has a good view of the New York City skyline and the Statute of Liberty. Since we had arrived early enough in the afternoon and were all set up we went and took the ferry to Ellis Island and The Statue of Liberty. The Ferry on the Jersey side was only 1 mile south of our campsite. On Ellis Island we did a quick tour of the Immigration Building. At the kiosk, where you can look up family names of people who may have come through Ellis Island, Kevin found his grandfather, Albert Maes, from his mother’s side. He called his Mom and talked to her about it for a while. She was so excited to hear that he was listed and told us the story about how her father had been kept on the Island for a few months because he wasn’t a citizen and didn’t have the right documents. Her mother used to bring her and her brother over on the ferry to visit her father while he was being held. It brought back a lot of memories for her. We then took the ferry over to Liberty Island and walked around the Statute of Liberty. It was very windy outside and a little cool, but we didn’t mind. We really enjoyed the ferry ride. You get a great view of New York City from the Statute of Liberty. It made for a very good start to our NYC stay.
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