Did not have a chance to post the last couple of days so will wrap it up here.

We arrived into Chicago where we had to wait a few minutes before getting into the First Class lounge…

We boarded the Texas Eagle and departed right on time. Right before the first station stop, a truck hit a bridge we go over so we had to stop and wait for a bridge inspector to come. So the trip started 2 hours and 15 minutes behind. Oh well. We are on a train.

Our first meal time on the Texas Eagle…

I had enough points to get us all in the larger bedrooms. We were able to open the wall between two of them.

It was nice to have the extra room.

We stepped of the train somewhere to take a pic…

Right outside of Dallas, there was a fire where they had the fire hoses running over the tracks so we had to wait about an hour for that. We arrived into Dallas about two hours late. Stephen and I took an Uber to the parking lot at Love field to get the car and then came back and picked everyone and luggage up from the train station. Drive home was uneventful and arrived about 9:00pm.

So that is it. For me, this was a very tiring vacation. So much walking and so many stairs. It was freakin awesome, but now I need recovery time.

Will this be the last post ever to this blog? Who knows. I have no other plans but I love having the memories stored here. Only time will tell.

Our last full day in New York City began going to the USS Intrepid…

Had lunch at Gotham West Market, we took a long subway ride to the Transit Museum in Brooklyn…

Went back to the hotel for a bit of rest before getting a quick dinner and some New York desserts…

Then, of course, we did an escape room. We were successful with 6:32 time remaining…

After that, the kids went back to the hotel while Vicky and I ran to grab a quick picture…

FYI, that is the diner that was used for the exterior shots in Seinfeld.

Tomorrow we will be boarding our first train that will take us to Chicago. Hopefully I will be able to post before going to sleep on the train tomorrow night.

Yesterday, I thought I was going to die.

We started by taking the subway to the south tip of Manhattan to catch the ferry…

Yep, to the Statue of liberty. That is where I felt like I was going to die. We climbed all 1 million steps to the crown of Lady Liberty!

For someone my age and body type (pleasantly plump??). IT WAS DIFFICULT! Here are the stairs when going down…

Some pictures while we all had jelly legs…

We ferried back and went by the hotel. Grabbed some lunch at an empanada place then headed to The Met.

Some dud pained this…

By the way, The Met is huge. Not great after your legs are toast.

We then went back to the hotel for a short rest. The we split up. Vicky stayed in at the hotel (her choice), Stephen and Shania went and had an anniversary dinner, Michael and I went to the Harry Potter play!!

It was a very impressive production. Unbelievable some of the things they were able to do LIVE. It is 3.5 hours so we dd not get back to the hotel until 11:00, hence the next morning post.

Now getting ready for day 4. Later.