June 26

After a week apart it was good to be reunited with Dennis and Fritz.  Sounds like they had some interesting adventures, and made some new cruising friends too.  Being off the boat visiting with Andrea and Nolan was restful, energizing me for the trip southward.  Dennis graciously decided to spend another day here so I could see a Broadway show and catch a few of the sites in the Big Apple.

June 27

For some riding the subway is a necessity, but for us it is a small adventure into an unknown realm.  Leaving the boat around 9:30, walking five blocks to the PATH station on Grove St. we descended downward taking the northbound train to 33^rd St.  From there we walked down Broadway and into TIKS line in Times Square for half-price show tickets.  Surprisingly it only took about thirty minutes to secure our seats for the Tony Award winning Best Musical, “Memphis.”  Showtime was 2:00 which left us plenty of time to walk to Central Park, past Carnegie Hall, down 5^th Avenue, sit a few minutes in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, eat lunch, and check out the Hersey’s store.  Beginning in high school, Dennis and I both have always had a love for both drama and “Rock and Roll” music, so “Memphis” was a perfect choice for us.  In song and dance it took us back to the birth of this movement in the underground dance clubs of the 1950s.  Outstanding singers and dancers wowed the audience with the heat and the beat of those times.  Back on Broadway we were again struck by the volume of people on the streets.  Where do they all come from?  Retracing our PATH we arrived back at the boat at 6:00p.m. with one happy dog awaiting our return.   

Tomorrow we to return to the cruising life after ten days of shore time, heading for Sandy Hook only about two hours south from here.