With my time over in South Dakota, I moved on to Jersey City, NJ, to catch up with the daughter, her husband and puppy after almost a three year absence due to Covid.
One last prairie sunrise after a great meal at Morries the night before on our traditional date night there with the co driver and onto United flights to Newark via Denver, one and half hours the ‘wrong’ way but, hey, you go with the flow.
And did you know if you are 75+ you don’t have to take your shoes or jacket off at TSA check points.
All flights were on time, no hassles with the connection or lost/delayed baggage. Even time for brekky in DEN at Shake Shack which was just ok.
The daughter’s apartment is in a very tall prominent 52 storey building quite close to the Hudson River. There is a glimpse of the New York skyline from their living room window. The building has everything that opens and shuts for good living, just like a resort hotel, including a ground floor cafe with excellent coffee.
Our New York adventure began with a visit to the American Museum of Natural History. Huge lines to get in at the opening time but 30 minutes later we were in the North West Coast Hall.
It was virtually empty.
It is organised into a series of alcoves focused on the material culture of 10 Native Nations of the Pacific Northwest. The gallery presents more than 1,000 restored cultural treasures enlivened with new interpretation developed with Consulting Curators from the Coast Salish, Gitxsan, Haida, Haíltzaqv, Kwakwakaw'akw, Nuu-chah-nulth, Nuxalk, Tlingit, and Tsimshian communities.
Wonderful!We looked through some other halls and ended up with ‘the whale’.
Most, particularly the Hall of Biodiversity, were very interesting.
Sensory overload took over at the museum after a few hours so it was time for lunch.
We made a selection of healthy goodies from the vast range at Zabars before heading home.
This is a biggest deli I have been to. A festival of culinary delights.
A very good day.
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