On Friday we cruised on through the NJICW to Manasquan, NJ. More of the beautiful NJ shore scenery. We are in a marina right at the Manasquan Inlet. The current is tremendous because of the large area which drains and fills through the narrow draw bridge next to the marina. When I checked the engines yesterday I found the port transmission was low on fluid and there are signs that it is leaking at both front and rear. After a restless night I decided this morning not to continue on to NY with our traveling partners but to stay here and get the transmission fixed. We have talked with a mechanic, who comes highly recommended, and he has a cancellation Monday so he will be here in the morning to start on our transmission.
Since we're stuck here we decided on the spur of the moment to hop on a train and go into NY City. We got lucky and made a train which was running a little late which gave us time to get aboard. As we were arriving at Penn Station a nice woman introduced herself and said she had overheard our conversation and realized we needed some advice and helped us navigate through the station. She led us through the station and through the subways to get us into the Rockefeller Center area. From there we walked all afternoon and saw many of the local sights. We had to take Muriel's picture sitting on a park bench in Central Park. Shelly had to have her picture taken in front of the Trump Tower. We took a cab back to Penn Station. Muriel says it brought back memories of riding cabs in Jaurez, Mexico.
We made it back to Manasquan in time to take Carlie out for a late run and for us eat a late snack dinner of left-overs.