Following Edge

The crux of this recap of our remaining time in Manhattan is that the New York subway beats the pants off of the really nice public transit in Portland. It is relatively clean, well organized, and very easily saves walking dozens of blocks with little effort.

Unfortunately for our very tired legs, the ability to quickly transport ourselves by subway didn't reduce our walking time... it just allowed us to go further. To finish out our express tour, we visited the Empire State Building (sadly, once again the tallest building in New York), several shopping spots in the fashion district, TekServe (the finest Apple store in New York), MOMA (the museum of modern art, where we stretched ourselves to visit 4 of the 6 levels of galleries), Central Park (and their fantastic little zoo), Chinatown (where Anne Marie, sadly, did not find a chicken to tell our fortune), and the Trade Center site (unfortunately, not the tallest building in New York any longer, but still a site well worth seeing and reflecting on).

There were still a number of really important places we didn't get to see during our brief stay, but given the limited time and the limits to which we can carry our legs (or which they can carry us, I suppose), I'm happy with what we accomplished.

Our return flight was totally uneventful with our "lost" baggage being easier to find on our arrival in Portland than the baggage we checked for the flight.