{"id":49722,"date":"2023-08-17T14:13:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T21:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=49722"},"modified":"2023-08-17T14:13:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T21:13:23","slug":"year-50-day-107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/17\/year-50-day-107\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 50 Day 107"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1175,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.centralparknyc.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260301003658\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.centralparknyc.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-02 07:19:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 07:05:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 07:05:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1176,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amnh.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4370-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Me, wearing black shorts, purple Converse, and a navy blue shirt that says \u201cRITOS\u201d, holding a camera, and standing on a rock in front of a large grassy field in New York City\u2019s Central Park. Some of NYC\u2019s old buildings can be seen in the distance.\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4370-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4370-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4370-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4370-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4370-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Day 107: Last night, after posting yesterday\u2019s photo for the day, we went to look at Times Square at night and ended up hopping on a very fun open-air double-decker bus tour of major NYC landmarks before coming back to the hotel and crashing. Today, after finally enjoying a night\u2019s sleep in actual human-size beds, we walked from our hotel up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centralparknyc.org\/\">Central Park<\/a>, stopping off on the way to get bagels for breakfast. We spent a couple hours just wandering through the park, and then headed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnh.org\/\">Museum of Natural History<\/a>. Another couple hours there, and then (12,000+ steps and nearly six miles later) gave our feet a rest and caught a taxi back to the hotel. Now resting before heading off for this evening\u2019s entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Law and Order: PLU (Please Not Us) (dun dun)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0598-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"My wife and me standing in front of one of the stone archway bridges in Central Park.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0598-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0598-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0598-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0598-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0598-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You really don\u2019t grok the size of a blue whale until you\u2019re standing next to one (or a reasonable facsimile, of course). Just incredible.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0634-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"My wife and me in front of the huge blue whale exhibit in the New York Museum of Natural History.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0634-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0634-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0634-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0634-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0634-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the titanosaur is rather mind-bogglingly big.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0646-1024x329.jpeg\" alt=\"A panoramic photo of the Titanosaur skeleton in the NYC Museum of Natural History\" width=\"1024\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0646-1024x329.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0646-300x96.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0646-768x247.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0646-1536x493.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0646-2048x658.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring Central Park and the Museum of Natural History.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043,2049],"tags":[5760,5686],"class_list":["post-49722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-photos","tag-vacation","tag-year-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}