It was up to you, New York, New York ...

After surviving the red-eye flight from Salt Lake City into New York (and I do mean survived [best left for another time]), John, another teacher in the program from Spokane, and I had about a ten-hour layover at JFK. Of course, we couldn't have a long layover in The City That Never Sleeps and miss out on that opportunity, so we checked our bags and hopped on the metro. I hit Time Square running and almost photo-bombed the Good Morning America. From there, I walked through Central Park. (Had to get out and move around to offset all that time in the flight seat0. From there, went to the American Museum of Natural History and honestly was a little disappointed in the museum. Several of the Earth Science exhibits weren't working or were just plain dated. And I really was interested in all the stuffed/taxiderm'd animals in the various halls of mammals. The planetarium, however was a big hit with a progam by Dr. Neil Degrass Tyson on the darkness and evolution of our Universe (hint: dark matter and dark energy). That and the dinosaur exhibits were the highlights of the museum.

From there, had to jump into a pizza place to get me a slice. Hmm, New York giant pizza by the slice. And then it was back to JFK for the Aeroflot/Delta trek across the Atlantic. Delta: Bravo! Definitely a class act.

I recall Central Park in (fall) spring!

Outside the AMNH

An early ancestor to our chickens???!!!

A fine slice of white pizza with mozzarella!