Adventures First Half of 2017

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Early March 2017

My love for travel, history and exploring started with books, my natural curiosity did the rest.

NYC tour


Ripleys Time Square the original 2007 countdown ball

Madame Tussauds the Marvel 4D Experience


Empire state building.



The Tippy Top


View from the Empire State

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

The Growler Sub

The Stealth and again King Kong makes an appearance

Space Shuttle

When in NYC shopping is not far from my mind, so I visited LV and got myself a present.




Later in March my BFF and I dance to Uncle Charlie in concert.





Early July 2017

Off to the races I went on a tour of Belmont Park Race Track, the place is huge and makes me wonder what it is like when they have the Belmont Stakes. There were plenty of people having picnics at the park, others there for the races.








Later July 2017

Central Park Tour took me to parts of the park I have never been before, I got to see Strawberry Fields and the boating on the lake








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