First we woke up, had breaky and caught the light rail to a ferry. Then we got on the ferry and went to Ellis Island. Ellis Island is where the immigrants used to go. 12 million immigrants came through there. The immigrants went through tests to see if they could become citizens of America. Only a third of them stayed in New York, the rest went to other places in America. Today 100 million Americans are descended from someone who went there.
Then we hopped back on the ferry and went to Liberty Island. That is where the Statue of Liberty is. On Liberty Island I went up to the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty with mum and Aidan. It had a good view but it was cold.
Next we went back down and dad, Luke and Max went up. While they were up there Aidan and I did our Junior Ranger books. They were quiz books and we had to answer about 10 pages of questions!!!!! They were questions like ‘Why is the Statue green?’ and ‘Which country gave the statue to the USA?’ and heaps of others. When we had finished the books (mum did most of Aidan’s) we took them to a national park ranger and she marked them and gave us a Ranger badge for Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
Then dad and Luke and Max came back and we walked around the whole statue and took funny photos (and some serious ones too). Finally we hopped on the ferry, went home, had dinner and went to bed.
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