The Staten Island Ferry

This is the entrance point onto the Staten Island Ferry. It was a Saturday. My husband and I wanted to see Staten Island.

The ferry is huge, as you can see in this picture I took of one passing us headed back to Manhattan.

So there was plenty of space to sit once everyone got on board. Most people went to the upper decks.

This is a good reason to take the free ferry. You can get a good look at the Statue of Liberty, Governor's Island and Manhattan's skyline. Once we got to SI, we started walking. About three miles later, we realized there was not much to see on SI. So we caught a bus back to the dock. There is a nice stadium that holds minor league games right as you exit the ferry. But no games were being played that day.

A Strange Aloneness

Never have I ever been on a subway car this empty. My husband and I were alone on this 7 train one Sunday afternoon. I think we were headed back to Long Island City from Manhattan. You never know where you'll run into pockets of empty space here. It's not all that common, let me tell you.