Tuesday 5th April
We are having an easy time on our final day. It is certainly crisp this morning as the jet stream has brought a weather system from the far north of Canada and the Great Lakes which for us here in NYC has produced a very cold, windy at times, but very sunny morning. To the northeast of us there has been more snow and lower temperatures. The weather system is known as a Spring Clipper though clipper ships never operated from Lake Superior.
We spent the morning walking from Columbus Circle around Central Park.
It is an amazing resource as the sound of the city disappears. The colours of spring take over. Birds and squirrels are very close to you and it is easy to see why many films have used this location. In the centre is The Dairy, which, in the 19th century became a source of fresh milk and snacks for children and a place to enjoy the cooling breezes from the nearby pond.
Now it is time for a late lunch, packing and a rendezvous with a luxury black sedan to take us to Newark Liberty International Airport via the Lincoln Tunnel which is cut through the same volcanic rock that supports the skyscrapers and was exposed in Central Park. The latter had been exposed so long that they have been eroded and scratched by ice exposing crystals of quartz which glistened in the morning sunlight. Our flight will follow the ‘old’ route across the Atlantic via Iceland. More about that tomorrow.