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New Year's Day 2012. Time to leave NYC and head for Philly for a home cooked meal with Simone's parents. "Can we stop by the Statue of Liberty?" Requested one of the 20 year olds. "Sure," acquiesced Simone's hubby. "It's on our way, in New Jersey." Simone dutifully entered the NYC version of the Statue of Liberty in the GPS. The GPS dutifully led them to the harbour. "Um," Simone said, hesitatingly. I seem to remember taking a boat to get to the Statue of Liberty when I was a kid." Simone's husband gazed at the water in front of them. "I'm sure it's accessible from New Jersey. Let's go to New Jersey." So Simone dutifully entered the New Jersey version of the Statue of the Statue of Liberty. Once again, the GPS dutifully led them to the harbour. "Well I'll be darned," declared hubby. "It IS on an island." And there was no way they had time now to take a ferry to the island and back, given that they were expected in Philly in a few hours. So they parked their cars as close as they could and hiked over to the water's edge. Yup. It sure was on an island, that statue....