planes, trains, and automobiles....and boats

By the tender age of six months old, Garrett had traveled by car, moving truck, bus, subway, railroad, and airplane. With the exception of perhaps a tractor (which, in order to let him ride on one of those, we'd probably have to move back to Indiana), pretty much the only mode of transportation missing from this list is a boat. Now, living by the sea like we do, this was a situation not to be tolerated. And so today we made an excursion for a ride on the...


...Staten Island Ferry.

Because, really, why not? It's free, it's at our fingertips, and the weather, if a little chilly and windy, was not too shabby for the last day of the year.

Here are a few pictures of our outing:

Manhattan as we pulled out of the docks

Both the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, as well as downtown Brooklyn (they aren't that lopsided in real life...in case you were wondering)

Our neighborhood and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge as seen from the ferry

Catching a glimpse of our neighborhood from the Staten Island side

Staten Island Borough Hall

Lady Liberty, standing majestically

And now, at six months and one day old, Garrett has been for a boat ride.