That Time We Went to Governor's Island and Forgot Our Tutus and Hula-Hoops

Jon, Dani, Wee, and Chris 

have never been to Governor's Island before.

So Nat and I (Governor Island veterans)

showed them around.

What we didn't realize

was that this art event 

called Figment 

was happening at the same time.

While I remember seeing ads for it with 

the Statue of Liberty's face,

I didn't realize that one should also

dress appropriately for this by wearing

tutus, sequins, and/or flowers,

or just body paint. . . .

In any case, 

I think we all had a good time outdoors

doing something new.

Note that when I waiting to take a photo 

that was supposed to have been with

my head up by the Statue of Liberty's nose,

the guy right before me started humping it

for his Facebook profile. . . .

So I just took the photo above.

We took the 1 train down.

It is the slowest train ever.

It took us about half an hour to travel 

from 50th to South Ferry.

What?!

The terminal entrance and fro-yo!

Dani's camera

Lest we forget the microbacteria balls

(poop?)

that we wore rubber gloves

to throw the poop into the river.

If you see the poop man, though,

do NOT accept his hand-sanitizer.

It smells like poop.

Yuck!

On the island, taking a panorama

inside the castle.

Inside the walls of the castle,

spying on Wee and Dani.

Dani tries lifting the canon ball. 

Team Governor's Island!

And the Statue of Liberty in the background.

Jon is grimacing because he just finished

a whole box of nachos with the works

that I couldn't finish.

And the Statue of Liberty in the background!

Swings!

Chris swung pretty high.

He touched the sky, sky, sky. . . .

He flew out of the swing and rolled over.

Wee's dusting him off.

Nat and Dani swung too,

but they finished their swinging before we did.

The statues in the background are from Storm King.

Lighthouse?

Nat's photo

We forgot our hula-hoops, too!

  

Pikachu!

We saw some people riding around on bikes 

with similar nylon pieces.

We called them the dinosaurs.

This must be their mother.

There was a small parade

that we kept running into

that finally settle here

to do a dance in a circle.

The gold figure behind and to the right of the tree

is a naked woman

being painted.

Rafters of the chapel.

Nat's photo

Stained glass.

Nat's photo

Taking a break on a pew.

  

Generator?

The Brooklyn ferry lets off nearby it.

I recall it saying that it was illegal or hazardous

or something that makes me not want to ever trespass.

I'm so happy that I finally was able to 

circumnavigate the island!

And hang out with some friends and family, of course!