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| One of Sam's junior ranger tasks today was to go to ocean tidal pools and find different kids of shells. Here he is taking a break with Italian ice |
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| Playing in the water at Great Kills park |
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| A major storm was brewing... Verazzano bridge is barely visible in the distance |
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| Interviewing a park ranger, one of the activities required in the junior ranger booklet |
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| Getting sworn in as a junior park ranger (and the best part - getting a badge) |
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| View of Manhattan from the observation point |
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| Our au pair Kamil also came along to the picnic |
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| We decided to climb up the Palisades cliffs from the water level. The height of the cliffs is about 300 feet (~100 meters). The total hike was about 4.5 miles |
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| Finally on top of the cliffs, enjoying the view |
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| At the bottom is the picnic area where we climbed from |
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| Back down at the picnic area, Sam is pointing to the top of the cliffs where we just came from |
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| A well-deserved picnic by the water |
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| Sam is reading a book to Katherine at picnic |
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| Picnic with a view of the New York Harbor and beach |
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| Enjoying the picnic |
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| Vic and Kamil chatting with the park ranger |
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| View of Manhattan and Jersey City skyline |
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| Old fort Wadsworth played a part in the defence of New York city for hundreds of years |
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| Verazzano bridge |
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| Who knew that palm trees grow within New York City limits????? |
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| Looking through the junior ranger booklet before the hike |
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| Throwing rocks on the beach of the Delaware river |
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| On the Mount Tammany Hike. It was 3.5 miles total distance and 1500 ft elevation climb from the parking lot). |
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| Elevation climbed: equivalent of 48 floors on the way up, and 48 on the way down |
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| View of Arrow Island in the Delaware River |
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| Climbing on Mount Tammany - steep rocky path |
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| A quick rest stop on the path on the way up |
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| Finally at the top! |
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| Sam found a waterfall to splash and jump around!!! Yay! |
