So…. Lately I’ve been thinking about blogging my exploring adventures, and for some reason tonight seems like a perfect night to share at least a few of my pics. My latest trip led me to Liberty State Park first, the clouds seeming to beckon me there. A new 9/11 memorial has been built since I was last there, and immediately I recognized the opportunity for some cool photography:
Then as I came to the water’s edge, the Freedom Tower (or if you like One World Trade Center):
Next, swinging around facing west:
Not sure what to do after taking a few more pics, I thought I’d try to take a way out of Liberty Sate Park that I’d never taken before. To my surprise, I found myself in Jersey City on a street I’d been on a few months earlier, and feeling a little insecure in the area, I pressed on to Jersey City’s waterfront and was delighted to notice how pretty, prosperous and safe the city looked the closer I came to the water.
Only visiting Jersey City’s downtown waterfront a couple of times in the past, I recalled a few semi-familiar points and am almost certain I took this picture on their waterfront, stopping just for a second to snap it:
Floating on, I drifted north along the waterfront through Newport and Hoboken, passing the famous Carlo’s Bakery (which was closed). North I quietly traveled, eventually nearing a place I wished I could snap a few pics. Almost miraculously, Weehawken Waterfront Park and Recreation Center quickly appeared for me to do just so.
Weehawken east:
Weehawken south:
Weehawken north:
Dark began to quickly come after that park, but nighttime hasn’t stopped an exploring adventure of mine yet. Again north I traveled, unsure of my destination but confident that wherever I was supposed to be, I would be. Learning after the fact of where I was, I soon found myself in West New York buying a large hot chai from Starbucks. It really was a perfect drink for the night, for a chill was out and I did’t have a jacket. After picking up the chai, I skipped over to the waterfront down the street and snapped a few pics, thinking this romantic:
Done with my stop in West New York, I again drove north and eventually (and practically-accidentally) dipped into New York City via the George Washington Bridge. Though my EZ-pass $12 broker, I enjoyed from the bridge the nighttime vista of Manhattan’s West Side—always a gorgeous sight at night!
Enjoying a zip down Henry Hudson Parkway, I somehow managed to veer off course, stumbling and taking a break at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument:
Soon after that the night began to drag on slowly as I drove south on Broadway. It was getting late so I eventually decided to take the Holland Tunnel back into Jersey after heading south along the Hudson.
So that would about sum up that adventure: “An interesting experience,” to say the least.
