We left around 1:30 by cab and got dropped off at the 72nd St entrance to Central Park. It was great to be out of the apartment and not heading to see a doctor!
Our route took us to Bethesda Fountain where it was warm and sunny. Then walked through the Bethesda Arcade where the Boyd Family Singers drew a crowd and finally arrived at the Bandshell where a dog-fest was going on. Big dogs, little dogs, hundreds of dogs! Yvonne loves dogs but there is too much risk of germs to pet them. However I grabbed a pair of gloves in case she got cold and thus that problem was solved.
From there we strolled slowly through The Mall sitting and resting as needed. We even stopped to "climb" on some rocks to check out a nice view.
Next we visited the Zoo for two reasons that have nothing to do with the animals. Years ago we became members of the Wildlife Conservation Society because that gave us free entry to the zoo which has the only really clean bathrooms in the park! It also has a cafeteria that would give us a warm place to sit down a while and grab a bite to eat.
But you can't walk in the zoo and not take a look at the Sea Lions at least. And these guys (or gals?) were really animated. Where they happy to see us or was it almost feeding time??
Sure enough the schedule said feeding would begin in 8 minutes so of course we waited since we had secured the best viewing location for the show.
One sign that Yvonne is feeling better was her reaction when a dad thought it was reasonable to stand in front of us with his kid on his shoulders. Let's just say she displayed a degree of unhappiness and he lowered his child and walked away...
I think we walked roughly a mile by the time we hailed a taxi to take us home.
The evening was fun too with some friends coming over to eat & watch the Yankee game. It was a fun night including the dramatic bottom of the 9th comeback.
What happened in that game after midnight is part of the Sunday story. Saturday was perfect.
Enjoy some photos from the day!
(sorry but I haven't figured out how to resize and rearrange them!)
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