HAPPY NEW YEAR

We send Our love and prayers to Jaydyn.....

Jaydyn needs our daily prayers as he begins his recovery......thank god.

Let's all say a prayer for baby Jaydyn and family.......

More from New York City.......

Times Square in New York City.

Hard Rock Cafe.......Times Square........N.Y.C.

Have to see to believe........all the lights.......Times Square.

Times Square......

Lots of Times Square.

Lots & lots of Times Square.

Upsidedown Times Square.

N.Y.C. subway.....34th st.....Mid-town Manhatten.....under Penn. station.

Last stop south on New York City Subways.

Lower Manhatten.....next to Battery Park.....this is where you go to see the Statue of Liberty........N.Y.C.

Corner of Broadway and Wall streets......New York City.

Front of Trinity Chapel in New York City.

Monument at Trinity Chapel.......near cemetary......Manhatten , New York.

I really like this old "corner clock" on Wall Street , Financial District , N.Y.C

This photo had N. Y. C. hall in the backround when I took it.

Underneath Times Square , Manhatten , New York City

GOOD TIMING......As of today , Dec. 21st most countries in Europe have eliminated thier border checkpoints all together and no travel visa or even a passport is needed to travel in Europe , no papers needed and no checkpoints between countries......Freedom to roam through Europe and see all the sights hassle free once abroad and in any of the most traveled countries.....This eliminates the only reason I had to hesitate on an overseas trip......GOOD TIMING

Let's continue on with my first train......The Empire Builder.......on my way to Chicago.

Aboard the Empire Builder......Somewhere in North Dakota......

St. Paul , Minnesota......

Not far from the Beginings of the Mississippi in northern Minnesota......taken from the Empire Builder.

Along the Mississippi in Minnesota.....

Red Wing , Minnesota......the Empire Builder.

Winona Minnesota.......on the Empire Builder.

Bridge support.......crossing the Mississippi from Minnesota to Wisconsin.

In Wisconsin near the Mississippi.....

La Crosse Wisconsin.......on The Empire Builder.

Wisconsin Dells..........home to many of the countrys best theme parks and water parks.......taken from the Observation car on the Empire Builder.

Somewhere in Illinois.....on the Empire Builder.

Arriving in Chicago.......under Union Station.......photo does not show how huge this area really is.........

Downtown Chicago at night as I just arrived in 1st big city of my trip.

I was in New York City , Manhatten , Jamaica , and Long Island for 2 days.....I took lots and lots of photos.......not all are good enough to post......here are some more close ones.......

NEW YORK , NEW YORK .

After walking the length of Manhatten and Central Park after dark I hopped this bus towards Harlem to go see The Cathedral of St. John the Divine.....a totally awesome cathedral.......even in the dark.

Dark photo of fancy gates to Central Park from Upper East Side....Manhatten.

Tourist Transportation........New York City.

Times Square in Manhatten in New York City.

Manhatten and Times Square.

More Times Square.

Even more......Times Square.

Hard to see......outside Ripleys Believe it or not Odditorium......Times Square.

Times Square

A note: The subways and city buses in Chicago, New York, and D.C. all use cards you purchase from machines........not cash......While L.A. subways also take a card......the buses take cash and have one or two T.V.s per bus to watch on your way (tuned to local news and info in English and Spanish)..........New Orleans has city buses that take cash, old wooden trolleys that serve most the city and take cash......but no T.V.s or subways.
Back to beautiful and warm New Orleans......

Union Station.....my very first stop in New Orleans.

St. Johns Cathedral in New Orleans.

United States Custom House.......Canal Street.....New Orleans.

Cancer Survivors Park....city center....New Orleans.

Double parked...... in a New Orleans parking lot.