My adventures in New York City (Day 3)
Now its Wednesday, April 30th, my 3rd day in New York.
I didn't have anything specifically planned except for my trip to the House Ruth Built, a Yankees game that night.
So, I slept in! All this walking is starting to tire me out. That meant no museum trip today.
After a leisurely morning, I hit the streets to go down and get myself a famous Double Stack Burger (plus their amazing fries and an awesome chocolate custard ice cream shake).
It was awesome food and scenery… sitting in the park on a beautiful New York spring afternoon.
Then, on my way back I stopped and picked up a new battery for my camera so I could capture these memories.
I ended up walking up to Grand Central Station and catching a subway ride up to Central Park.
By this time I was starting to feel all the walking in my feet and legs but I wanted to explore the park.
What I ended up doing was walking all the way up the east side to the giant lake, then across and all the way down the west side and then back over to where I started.
Central Park is amazing, it is a GIANT park right in the middle of Manhattan and some of the most valuable real estate in the world.
That is one of the great things with the original planners for the city, they made it a point to include a lot of city park areas. I believe I read somewhere that Central Park is the largest park located within a city.
Within the park there are parents with their kids, people playing a game of touch football or soccer, people having a picnic or reading a book. I'm sure it would be one of my favorite places to relax if I lived here.
Now it was time to hop onto the Subway up to the Bronx and go to the Yankee game. (And rest my VERY tired feet that had enough.)
I left early so I could explore the area in advance of the game. But that also meant it was in the middle of rush hour (5pm) and the Subway was completely packed. Yes! Another first for me, the packed subway experience.
The other week I read up on Yankee stadium at Wikipedia to fully understand the history, heritage and stories that went into it. The stadium is one of the 3 oldest and most treasured in the county (along with Fenway in Boston and Wrigley in Chicago.)
And they are building a brand new billion dollar stadium right next door that will open next year (with the old stadium turned into a parking lot.)
Once you get inside you realize why. It is nothing like the nice new stadiums we have in Texas with the latest concession stands, clean bathrooms, comfortable seats and every luxury you would want.
Despite all that I still loved everything about it.
You could feel the tradition and see the passion in the fans. These were Yankee fans for life.
Unfortunately, after a fast 2 run start, they ended up going down by several runs. And the temperature was going down even faster while the breeze picked up. To put it bluntly this Texas boy was COLD! And no matter how much hot chocolate I had by the eight inner it was no longer fun and I took off.
By the time I got home my feet, legs and butt had a bigger workout these past 3 days than they would see in a month. The Heavenly Bed felt, well, heavenly!
~ Kevin
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