Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

Before we left we went to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Thankfully a friend said we needed to get tickets before we came to NY. We got to skip the long line, but there was still a line for ticket holders and then security and more security. We had to take almost everything off (belts, shoes, watches, jewelry, phones, coins, wallets, cameras, purses, etc). It was funny to watch everyone "redress". That was just to get on the ferry boat. Then we had to do it again before we went up into the statue. This time we had to go through a trace portal machine, it "sniffs" for explosives. It blows air at you. Afterwards Todd said "the terrorists won" look at what we have to go through now. It was unbelievable. OK, we did enjoy the sights after all of that. Lady liberty was so tall and we got to climb 168 steps to reach her feet. There was a nice view of the city. We had to hurry back so we had time to go to Ellis Island, the museum of immigration. The lines for the ferry were long, so we only had a couple minutes at Ellis Island. I would have liked to stay longer, so much to learn. We had a flight to catch back in Newark. We hope to bring the kids back when K is older.