This is us at the campsite in Jersey City, just across the Hudson river from Manhattan. “Looks like a car park”, you might say. In fact, that’s what it is. Ambience is sacrificed in order to stay in the closest campground to New York City. Actually, it was very quiet, with 24-hour security and excellent transport links to all the attractions by train or boat.
We arrived early enough to take a stroll in Liberty Park near the campsite. It’s a large, flat, well-tended greenspace, running back from the waterfront. And what a view of Manhattan! The park itself is similar to nice parks everywhere but what is unique is the New York skyline, so that’s what we’ll feature in the following shots, with a brief description.
Empire State Building, a bit further away in mid-town Manhattan, just as the light’s fading.
Brooklyn Bridge with schooner sailing past.
Nightshot of Manhattan, atmospherically shaky (unintentional).
We also came upon this memorial in the park to 9/11. The two stainless steel columns point across the Hudson river to the precise location of the Twin Towers in the World Trade Center. The twisted girders in front are from the wreckage of the Towers. The name of each person who perished is engraved on the insides of the two steel columns, to which there is full public access. It was powerfully simple and moving.
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