Have a nice Day!

We did have a very nice day yesterday (Tuesday). We left the house at 6.45 am. John took us to the Amtrak station at Albany (the state capital of New York). We caught the 8.10 to New York, a beautiful journey that travels for the most part alongside the Hudson River.Peaceful stretches of water, with the occasional beach or boat ramp. and some amazing buildings in the most unlikey places. Arriving at Penn station, we bought a $7 Metro ticket which lets you on most subways & buses, at least on Manhattan. We went for a FREE ride to Staten Island & back. On the return journey, Michael commented to a fellow passenger about his camera. Turns out that Scott & Michael are both members of the same Olympus newsgroup!
Then we headed off to the Guggenheim museum.
when we came out of that , that stretch of 5th Avenue that houses many museums had been closed off for a 'museum mile fair'. After popping into Central Park, we wandered past stalls of artwork (no, the Guggenheim was not selling off it's overstock of Kandinskys cheap)some good, some appalling, & finally caught a bus to Times Square. Having visited most of the expensive, over heated (it had been a warm day) & disappointing camera shops on Times Square, we attempted to get to the Observation deck on the Empire State building. Long queues made us turn back at the last minute . 30 years ago , I left it until my last day in NY to head for the top, but it was shrouded in cloud that time. Maybe the next shot will be the lucky one!