A great day in the City

Today was a great day. We woke up sore and tired after a lack of sleep and too much work at the rental house (see my previous post), but we had a flight to catch- or so we thought. Susie was gracious enough to drop us at the airport (thanks again!) on her way to get Ms. Grace in Southern Indiana. We checked into our flight only to hear that it was sold out and they needed volunteers to go to a different flight. Jackson was able to get $400 Delta vouchers for each of us ($800! I almost passed out!) and meal vouchers and we took a flight that left 2 hours later. It was just not a big deal at all and we got such a great deal. Now we will be heading to Alaska much sooner than we expected. I love Delta for that! :) We got to NYC at about 1:00 and got some free lunch (with our vouchers) and then got in line, for the first time of the day.
Ah, I love a good line for a taxi. Jackson, of course, wanted to know where my Dad and Diana were with their VIP card (inside joke from Vegas). The line moved quickly and soon enough we were in the race car, I mean taxicab, and headed for Manhattan. I just HATE how taxi drivers chose to navigate the highways. We made it to the hotel safely. I consider that a real miracle. We got to our hotel and were shocked at how nice it was. Jackson sometimes leads us astray in an effort to save money. This time he got a great price and a great hotel. Our room is huge (especially for NYC) and clean. The bed is awesome. It is just great. I am so, so pleased. We were able to grab a quick nap (we were just beat!) before we headed out to explore the city for the evening.

I had always wanted to go to the Guggenheim because it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, a famous architect who also designed a house in Marion, whom I learned about in middle school. I read online that Saturday evenings had "pay what you wish" entry fees so we headed on over to check it out. We were a little disappointed.

This was the kind of "art" that was on display. I am more of a Monet and Van Gogh fan and not so much this abstract stuff. Thankfully, there were some normal displays. There was even one exhibit that was just a room wallpapered in real $1 bills. There was $100,000 on display. We felt like the stars of Ducktails. It was so cool. We were in there for quite a bit just marveling.

We left the museum after being cultured enough for one evening and decided to walk back to our hotel. That sounds simple, but the museum was 3 miles from our hotel. We walked by the Met and made wishes in their fountains.

It was really cool to see the Met. We enjoyed a lot of people watching there.

We cut in and out of Central Park on our walk. I just loved this tree. I love everything about Central Park really. It is such a gorgeous place.

We watched the remote control boats in the Park, too. It was just relaxing to watch them sail around. I loved it.

We eventually made it to 54th & Avenue of the Americas to have dinner at my favorite Italian restaurant ever. That is right, ever. I love their food. Heavenly. We had a fantastic dinner together. It was so nice.

On our walk home we noticed that the Empire State Building was lit up for the good ol' U.S.A. It made my heart happy.

As you can tell, we had a wonderful day. It was honestly one of my best days ever. I just enjoyed my life today so very much. I feel quite blessed and look forward to the fun that tomorrow will bring.