Jersey?! What exit?

We got up early and enjoyed the hotel breakfast again. Since we didn't get into our room until almost 5pm Tuesday, the hotel was nice enough to give us a few extra hours to check out today. We walked up to Central Park via 7th Avenue, and then around the pond in the SE corner.

Then we exited the park at 5th Avenue and walked through the Plaza Hotel lobby, food court, and retail shops. Posh! (We saw "Plaza Suite" at  Asbury Theater last Spring). 

Plaza Hotel lobby- we'll stay here next year.

Then we headed back towards our hotel and packed up. We checked out about 11:30 and got on the road to New Jersey. We had a great diner lunch at the Town and Country in Hazlet NJ, with a 10 page menu and everything homemade.
Atlantic City turned out to be nearly deserted, with huge resort hotels almost empty, and the streets deserted too. Some people were on the boardwalk and in the restaurants, but the place has the feel of a once-thriving place not popular anymore. 


We bought some souvenirs and walked through a casino, which looked a lot like the Las Vegas casinos we saw a few years ago.
The kids rode some rides on the Steel Pier, 
and we ate at the only busy restaurant, Landshark Bar and Grill. Mediocre fried seafood and horrible service. Our waiter disappeared in the middle of our visit (I think he was fired) and was replaced by an overstretched young man who just wasn't up to serving most of the dining room. We meandered back to the hotel and got to bed early so we are ready for tomorrow's busy travel day.
(way behind on pictures- too many devices to collect them from)