Saturday - NYC sail-away!

We left the Port of Manhattan at 4pm on Saturday...

Port of Manhattan

Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum with the Empire State Building in the background (left of center)

A view of the pool area during sail-away

One of the folks standing next to us at the rail lives in NYC half the year and Columbia the other half -- he told us that many of the piers along Manhattan were damaged in Hurricane Sandy, and the city has had them re-created into public spaces -- the area in the front right (looks like huge high heel shoes) is a park (https://hudsonriverpark.org/).

Approaching downtown NYC

Just barely able to see top of World Trade Center

Approaching Liberty Island on the starboard side

The sail-away party on the pool deck played Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" as we passed the Statue of Liberty....

Selfie with Lady Liberty in the background (we're both sporting windblown looks!).

After the sail-away, we went to the aerobics area where we were introduced to facilities and staff from the fitness center and spa -- and where there were drawings for cash to spend on spa services -- we didn't win... :-(

We stopped in the Spinnaker lounge to watch a dance class...

... headed to the buffet for prime rib dinner...

... and wrapped up our first evening with a comedy show in the Stardust Theater.

We're having a great time!