College Point

Today was a beautiful Wednesday, and I decided to get lunch and go to MacNeil Park. Good decision, if I say so myself.

After picking up my online order, I drove over to College Point, parked by the park, and walked up to the promontory overlooking the Long Island Sound (or perhaps the East River). I ate my delicious red Thai curry, and washed it down with a bit of Pellegrino Limonata; gourmet dining al fresco.

Nearby there's a marker I remembered from years back:

US Coast Geodesic Survey, it reads. From that point I looked west:

Once I could see the Twin Towers from that vantage point, then they were missing; now a huge towers stands nearby.

LaGuardia Airport is right across Flushing Bay:

And on the water there are always craft; today I saw jet skis and boats of different sizes:

 Cops on the water, small boats on the water, and large boats, too.

And I had a visitor: