A few people (including my mom) recommended going to the Circle Line tour, which is a boat tour around the entire island of Manhattan. We bought tickets for 12:30, and packed our bags so that we could check out of our room, but then just leave our bags with the hotel.
We decided to walk to the start of the tour...it was about a half hour - 45 minute walk, but my legs were feeling much better. The night before, I laid on our bed with my legs up against the headboard for about 30 minutes. I had learned about doing this in a yoga class for runners, and they mentioned it was good to let all the blood drain out of your feet and legs. Your feet go numb and tingly after a few minutes, but the next day I was barely sore, so I should have been doing that every night with all the walking we did. We walked the 4 blocks over the to the Hudson River first, then walked north to the cruise along the water, and I am definitely not a city girl, haha. I enjoyed walking along the water much more than downtown.
We arrived to the tour about 45 minutes early, and were able to board the boat and get our seats. The inside of the boat was air conditioned, but the prime seating was outside on the second floor. We took our seats and sat in the sun, and it was hot!! When the boat was stationary, there was very little breeze, and we were both sweating within a few minutes. We ended up taking turns going inside for a few minutes while we waited for the tour to start.
Once the tour started, there was a much need breeze, and it was much more bearable to sit outside. However, we had some people next to us that were pretty annoying, at least in the beginning. They started taking pictures and standing up blocking the view. I thought they would take a few and sit down, but this went on for a good 15-20 minutes. Travis tried to ask them politely to sit down, and a few did, but not everyone. He started standing and photo-bombing their pictures, haha, and I think they got the message. We were then able to enjoy the tour.
The tour started heading south on the Hudson toward the Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. It then went into the bay and up the East River. Then it went into the Harlem River with the Bronx on the right-hand side, and by Yankee Stadium. Then we headed back down the Hudson and saw the area where the plane landed / crashed a few years ago. The entire tour was 35 miles, and took about 2.5 hours. I enjoyed it very much and enjoyed seeing the entire layout of the city.
After the tour, we walked back to the hotel, and grabbed a late lunch. Travis was able to have to hotel call a car service to take us to the airport around 4:30, and we flew home that night.
It was a great trip, and I'm so glad I was able to spend 4 days with Travis and enjoy our time together before coming home and getting deeper into baby-planning mode!
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