New York City choices?

RVcrazy wrote:
We were thinking Newburg KOA, but the reviews indicate lots of poison ivy & I am allergic. We want 50 amp fhu. Black Bear was our second choice, but reviews are less than stellar. We are looking for a tour bus from the park. We also considered Liberty Harbor, but reviews are poor except for location. Help!

Lots of easy to navigate tour buses in NYC; no idea what KOA is charging for their version but a 2 hour one way commute is long by NYC standards; same for Black Bear. I suspect both campgrounds are offering the tour buses as incentives to get people who want to tour the city to stay with them. Smart marketing strategy.

As stated in earlier posts, Liberty, is a big ol' flatop parking lot that is ultra convenient to lower Manhattan and parts north and east. Someday I suspect it'll become another needle tower.

There, you have the Path train that leads into the World Trade Center/Oculus (glorious building that has even the slightly jaded NYCer in me awed); great but expensive eats at Eataly (go there about......11:30 AM for the prime rib sandwich. We treat ourselves to one about once a month. Divine); a Shake Shack near the Hudson River ferry terminal; great shopping at Century 21 and of course it's nearby Manhattan's Chinatown, Little Italy, South Street Seaport and Wall Street area which includes the National Museum of the American Indian which is housed in the frmr Customs building. Also easy to reach the High-Line whose success caused the Guggenheim to open a new branch.

Make an early morning walk over the Brooklyn Bridge (choose your time for this excursion carefully. Walked over it w/ DGD early evening this summer and it was HORRIBLY crowded. Thank goodness, Junior's Restaurant was our Bklyn destination to take the hordes off our minds and back to our tummies;)).

In essence, choose your locale based on what is most important to you:).