New York City, 2006

(Yep, it is still there!)

You are looking over at Central Park from the Empire State Building. That park is 2.5 miles by .5 miles--roughly 700 acres--set aside for no purpose than to allow 25 million visitors each year to enjoy an oasis of space in a city where space is the #1 commodity. How cool is that?

Last week, Stacy and I traveled to New York City together for a little sabbath away from the hustle and bustle of Flint, Texas. Did we have a great time? Yes, yes we did!

Here we are in front of the Lions that watch over the NYC Public Library. Notice how I am taller than Stacy here? Yeah, I am standing one step above her. I enjoyed the illusion while it lasted.

Our Mission while in the city was to do it all--shows, tours, museums, food--but we ended up haveing an even better time than we could have planned. We did go to a couple of museums and on a tour, but we spent most of our time wandering the streets, riding the trains, and trying to blend in with New Yorkers.

We stayed with Jud and Christa Jones--they let us live in their apartment in Sunnyside, Queens for the whole time we were in the city. I had not seen these two friends of mine in six years, easily, but the second we arrived I felt like I had just seen them the day before (I hope everyone out there has some friends like these; Somehow, time and circumstance don't matter). Here are the Joneses:

And here are the three of us back in 2000: For some reason, Blogger will not post this photo, no matter what I do! I compressed the photo, cropped it, compressed it yet again, called Blogger and promised my next child as payment for posting this image....nothing would get the job done! Maybe I will try and post it again later. It is a magical photo--I apparently aged 10 years in the past six, while Judson and Christinka seem to look just about like they do in the photo above (aside from Jud's locks, which are considerably shorter today than in yesteryear.

I will try and add more photos and some trip highlights from home this Sunday.