Tidbits from the Train Tracks: 4th of July

Wow! So we made it to NYC last night, the 4th of July! My trusty little iPhone told me where to go and watch the fireworks :) Macy's sponsors a fireworks thing every year at the Hudson river. It's televised nationwide. Anway so we managed to figure out how to store bags at the train station (that place is huge and complicated)..after much wandering around and getting lost, we ended up at the right place and the guy let us store our bags for 24 hours. We then followed the directions on foot to the fireworks, about a mile and a half away. Unforunately we werent able to store all of our bags, so we still had a fairly heavy load, but who cares cuz THE SHOW WAS AWESOME!! It was a huge wide stretch of fireworks and thousands of people. We should have left early though - the amount of people...wow....it was crazy. We tried to hail a taxi to where we are staying but no luck, had to ask a local where the subway station was. We finally make it and a cop strikes up a conversation with us. We then asked if we were at the right stop - and he was like, no, this train is going downtown to Brooklyn! He's like u gotta go across the street. Tell them my name so u won't have to pay again. So we walked across the street, tell the security guy the cops name, and he let's us through. We walk down the stairs...and come face to face with the same guy! He's like what are u guys doing here again!!! you drunk too much kool-aid! LOL so confusing. We crossed the wrong street apparently. So we get to the right place - MASS CHAOS. We literally had to swim through a massive crowd to get to the front so we could get on when it arrived. Felt like we were in a can of sardines. Just gotta push your way in! Haha. The subway itself was packed, hot...but awesome.