www.intrepidmuseum.org/
Thankfully we had reciprocal membership through the San Francisco Children's Museum, and so we got free entry and walked right up past the queues of people waiting in the midday sunshine. We bought our separate tickets to see the Space Shuttle Enterprise, and headed off.
After viewing the Space Shuttle, we headed into the 'Intrepid' and wandered around the ship/museum. The kids' section was a bit of fun - Ken and the kids enjoyed the "space hands" exhibit, trying to tie rope and put pipes together using gloves like the astronauts would wear, and taking turns lying down in the replica Gemini capsule. As for the ship itself, the Intrepid is simply huge - it is after all an aircraft carrier that housed a crew of 3000. Our experience overall was enjoyable, but it paled in comparison to the Dayton USAF we visited.
Finally we managed to walk along the High Line www.thehighline.org/. Given my love of people in general (tongue firmly in cheek) it was too crowded for me to fully appreciate, but the walk was good and the idea of reclaiming an old elevated train track and turning it into green space in the middle of down town Manhattan was clever. There were certainly people aplenty using the space, sun baking, sight-seeing, and just enjoying a sunny Sunday afternoon. To finish the day, we had a very expensive, and poorly serviced, afternoon tea of milkshakes and fries at The Diner. Oh well, toast for dinner it is!
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| At a little park on our way to Intrepid - a good spot to stop for a picnic lunch |
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| Intrepid |
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| Cannot quite believe I am standing next to the space shuttle Enterprise |
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| Ken and 'space hands' |
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| Ken and Benedict in the replica Gemini |
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| The Star Trek cast next to the space shuttle Enterprise! Cool! |
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| Sophia and Oli in some part of the Intrepid - I forget where - it was so darned huge! |
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| Sophia's space hands |
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| Benedict could just see over to his space hands |
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| girls in the replica Gemini nose cone |
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| At the High Line. In the old station building behind Ken were stalls, coffee shops, ice cream stands and buskers |
