We quietly slipped our moorings and sailed back the way we'd come to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Everyone was on deck to enjoy the sun and get the best pics. We've been there . . . . . . and there . . . . . . and there . . . . NYPD waving good bye to the VIP's Lance writes: I liked the picture of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges that you shot after the ship slipped the moorings. The tall building you show in the next photo is the old Williamsburg Bank building, now a condo, in downtown Brooklyn. The NY Marathon runs right pass it. The big red tower in your next shot is the parachute drop at Coney Island. Susan took me there for my 50th birthday. I didn't do the drop, but did ride the rollercoaster called the Cyclone. It's a wooden structure that has been there forever. I thought I wasn't going to make it to my 51st birthday.

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