Watland's Wonderings: Day Eleven of Our Historic East Coast Tour

Thursday Sept 25: At 7:30 we were car pooling to the ferry dock to go to the Statue of Liberty and to Ellis Island.

This is the building that we got the ferry at. Security is very tight we had to go through security before we got on. Anyone with a pocket knife had to take it back to their car.

This is a view from the ferry of all the boats out in the Hudson bay waiting to come into NY to be off loaded. We were told most of the product coming is comes in by water.

This is picture is from the ferry and it is of Ellis Island and then the Manhattan NY city in the back ground. Ellis Island opened January 1, 1892. This was where all immigration began. We learned that if anyone had any incurrable health condition they were sent back and also if they were mentally handicapped they were sent back. There were several school field trips so was very crowed.

This sky line is the Brooklin NY area

This picture is taken from the ferry as we are going into board. Security is really tight here. Since nine eleven you can only go one observation deck. the ridge above what looks like windows is the observation deck. We went through two securities the first asked if we had any food or water . They handed us a card like a credit card we walked through a long line and then some guy took these cards and ran then through a machine. They were checking our finger prints. Next we went through like airport security. They give you bins and you put everything out of your pockets, watches, coats and on and on. They then have you walk into small area they
did like air puffs all over us guess they were xraying our bodies. You had to stand in this are tell the light turned green then you could walk on and start getting your stuff out of the bins.
We finally got inside the first floor.

This picture is of the orginal torch. The statue was put together in 1886.
This is a mold of the foot of the statue it is in the museum part that you walk through and learn the history. Then they direct us to the observation deck. You can wait in line for the elevator or walk 156 steps so we decided to do the steps. Must say it was easier coming down. Think Barb needs to get on that tread mill as soon as she gets to AZ. Don't take long to get out of shape. It was awsome view from the top.