So this Sunday was perhaps one of the most beautiful weather days we have had this summer. Normally I’d be doing yard work, or would like to be hiking one of the mountains of western New Jersey (which I really don’t do much anymore). However, I wanted to make sure the kids got to NYC at least one day this summer and we the city is certainly more enjoyable when it isn’t 90 and 90.

We had a purpose and wanted to go see all things egyptian in NY. We took the ferry, went across down and walked from 56th street up to 86th in Central Park. The park is really one of the best features of NY because from most places you really can’t see the city through the trees. We walked up the the rear of the Metropolitan Museum to see the oldest manmade structure in the United States. An obelisk that was originally erected in Heliopolis Egypt in 2600 BC by Pharoah Tutmoses II. Around 26BC it was moved by the Romans to Alexandria, where it stood for 1900 years until it was given to William Vanderbuilt as a gift for New York City. How it got to the city and Central Park is a story in itself, but it has been standing in the Park since 1880 when it was the highest point it in the city.

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