The ship's name is not Enterprise, it is "Manhattan". It's not a spaceship it's a yacht. Our mission isn't to explore distant galaxies, it's to eat brunch. Sometimes it's OK to aim low.
Enough with Star Trek, this is Yvonne Trek:)
On Friday I received an email with local news, etc and near the bottom was a link to a "Foliage Brunch Cruise". A few clicks later we were all sat for a Saturday morning ride up the Hudson River!
Allow me to brag for just once. I was pleased with my creativity in finding an activity that was not at all strenuous yet got us out of the house and was actually a lot of fun. It was also not a crowded situation. The boat could hold 80+ people but the tables and chairs and serving tables took up so much space that there was maybe 40 on board. And plenty of room so Yvonne didn't need to be too close to anyone on the ship.
Yes, Purell-man as on duty every time she held a handrail. He's everywhere!
The weather was outstanding starting around 60 and heading up near 70 and sunny on this 3 hr journey. The yacht left from Chelsea Piers and went close to the Tappan Zee Bridge before turning around and heading back down the Hudson.
I won't call it peak colors but there was enough orange, red and yellow out there on the sunlit Palisades to make it worth the price. The food was good and the Mimosa (I had mine plus hers!) was a nice touch.
Since we were on the West Side it was easy to decide to make a slight detour to Central Park to sit on the grass and listen to our friend David Ippolito sing some songs and entertain the crowd. He's been doing this for 21 years and today was the final day of playing in the Park in 2012. He was happy to see Yvonne and we were both happy to be there too.
As we were walking through the park I said to Yvonne that the period coming up after recovery could be the best she has had in maybe 5 years. The last two on dialysis are obvious but the 3 before that were really not great as Yvonne battled a digestive disease or disorder (we never really knew what it was) that made it so hard to have fun as she was nauseous all the time and could never be far from a bathroom. (figure it out).
Today just might have been a sneak preview of what we will find as we explore the next galaxy.
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