Central Park Gem

Jimmy and I finally returned to our home in New York after our long absence from eachother. To celebrate we decided to have a fun, relaxing day in Central Park. We took the train in to Grand Central and then caught the subway up to Central Parks Conservatory Garden. Its in the northern part of the park and not too many people even realize its there nor do they travel that far. The Garden was beautiful! So relaxing and not crowded. Its called the Conservatory garden because in the early 1920's an old glass conservatory used to sit there- in 1937 it fell into disrepair and they built a gorgeous garden. After we toured the grounds we headed south to the boathouse and I made Jimmy rent one of the rowboats so we could tour the lake around the park. In the end he had way more fun then he thought he would! Here are some pictures from our day.

Catching the train from New Rochelle to New York

Our second stop- Grand Central catching the subway

Walking through Central Park

I really love the park and all the neat bridges

The entrance to the Conservatory Garden and the gorgeous water fountain

My sweet husband putting up with my constant picture taking

In the garden there was this pond with all the lilly pads and birds playing in the fountain

A nice lady took a picture of us

Jimmy took this picture- I was impressed

Again- the fountain. He was a good sport

We then headed to the boathouse and rented a little row boat on the lake. It was a beautiful day. About 70 degrees with a nice breeze. We balanced in the boat long enough to take this picture.

Jimmy was very proud of the fact he is an eagle scout with a rowing merit badge thats right a rowing badge. He kept saying how he was the fastest rower on the lake.

We explored the entire lake- Jimmy had a nice blister when he was finished!

I got to sit and enjoy the scenery while Jimmy did all the work!

We had such a fun day!