Wow... From 11pm to 2:30 am I listened to the mooring ball smacking into the boat when we switched directions. Went up several times to check on it because it sounded like it was going to come through the hull. Current was running 3.2 - 3.7 knots and at slack tide until the tide turned back again it was not pleasant. Not much sleep atoll... Wayne was dreaming something about water and my stomach was giving me fits the rest of the night...

After coffee we hoisted the dingy off the boat and put the motor on it. Did I mention the current here is something else??? If the motor conks out there's no way we can row against it (luckily the motor worked). After we signed in at the office we learned that they have free ice and free laundry facilities (wow - free is good). Then we got directions from one of the road crew on how to get to a CVS pharmacy, the subway, Broadway and Central Park. He was pretty terrific and actually stopped traffic so we could get across the road area and on our way...

Went to Zabar's Deli for panini sandwiches. Awesome Ruben and we noticed they have a block of restaurant, bakery, store, etc... then we found CVS. Interesting note here - on prescriptions. If you get a refill on a prescription in NY, they will give you one refill, but it negates the rest of the refills if it's from a different state. Soooo, we decided to wait until we leave NY to refill unless we find a Walgreen's (since we got new scripts there). The whole thing is ludicrous as far as their pharmaceutical procedures in NY.


Went to Zabar's Deli for panini sandwiches. Awesome Ruben and we noticed they have a block of restaurant, bakery, store, etc... then we found CVS. Interesting note here - on prescriptions. If you get a refill on a prescription in NY, they will give you one refill, but it negates the rest of the refills if it's from a different state. Soooo, we decided to wait until we leave NY to refill unless we find a Walgreen's (since we got new scripts there). The whole thing is ludicrous as far as their pharmaceutical procedures in NY.

Next up - 5th Ave and Madison Ave stroll, then on to Central Park. What an awesome place that is. Gorgeous park, huge, with parks, lakes, walking and jogging routes. I couldn't believe the amount of nannies, joggers and bicyclists there are there during the day. A short visit to Metropolitan Museum of Art then to the subway and over to China Town. The walk from the subway to there was unbelievable. Hawkers trying to sell you watches, perfumes, etc... and the street venders and junk stores were abundant. Once we got off Canal Street, we visited a park that I remembered... Filled with oriental people playing games on game boards - pretty place. Then the Chinese stores, pharmacies, food stalls, etc... with live crabs trying to escape their baskets, the smell of fish, and fresh seafood in the stalls - clams, crabs, squid, mountainous piles of fish, eel, etc... restaurants with pigs feet, hanging cooked duck, and pigs heads in the windows; the busy store front stalls, loading and unloading of goods, it was quite a busy place... After eating at one little restaurant and walking back through central park and museum row we were both to tired to hike up to the theater district of Broadway so caught the subway back to 79th and Broadway and dingied back through the strong currents (running against us of course) back to the boat. I'm still rolling in the boat. Back and forth, as I type this up. No sleep last night and walking all day today... The lights of Broadway are definitely not calling our names tonight... I foresee a long night again - this is a very roily anchorage here.