Dallas & Chantale’s Photo Blog » Vacation Day 11

We’ve been really busy since arriving in Quebec… I haven’t had a chance to post any entries on here!

Day 11 was an interesting day for us… We decided to put our new GPS to the ultimate test and take it for a ride right into the heart of New York City… Manhattan Island. We’ve never been there before, so this was an amazing experience for both of us. We set our destination as the Staten Island Ferry terminal at the south end of Manhattan, and let the GPS guide us there. We had a couple small mixups due to myself missing a turn here and there, but the GPS was always quick to recalculate our route and get us right back on track. We wasted little time getting to the south end of Manhattan… Traffic was surprisingly light this Tuesday afternoon.

After arriving at our destination, we drove around looking for a place to park, and finally found one where you give them the keys and let them do all the work… The price was $27 per hour… and was in line with the other places we saw downtown… VERY expensive!

We then walked about 6 blocks to the Staten Island Ferry terminal. The Staten Island Ferry is a free ferry that runs very frequent (about every 15 minutes) and very cheap (free!) from the south end of Manhattan to Staten Island. As it pulls away from the dock, you get a great view of Manhattan… and then during the trip it passes nearby Liberty Island which is the location of the Statue of Liberty. We snapped several pictures of the city and the statue, and then enjoyed the rest of the trip.

Upon arriving at Staten Island, we quickly moved through the terminal back to the boarding area, and hopped on the next ferry back to Manhattan Island without even waiting. We rode the ferry back, and snapped a picture of one of the other ferries as we cruised by.