Before finally crashing at 5am, called and asked the front desk for an extended checkout time, which, luckily, they gave. Woke up around noon (though Gil took a bit longer 
). The Trans had just checked out, and had gone to IHOP, and John was good enough to come back and pick us up. 
We transferred to the Hilton, where Melissa met up with us, then we all walked over to the MetroPark station 
and
went into the City. We got some pretzels and shish kabobs from a street cart, then took the 
Staten Island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty 
, and got neat shots of the city in the background 
. We wandered through the financial district 
and then went into Century 21 and shopped for a bit (I got a windbreaker because it was getting downright chilly). The Trans headed back to the hotel so Madison could swim, while the rest of us went to It’s a Domincan Thing for some great food, then headed back to Jersey.