Brittanie Adaire Hikes

I visited the Island Waterpark for the first time in probably 20 years 🙃. I forgot how fun some of the slides are. We rented a cabana in the kid swim area as we were celebrating a children's birthday. The kid area is really cool,.I don't remember it having so many cool water slides for the little ones. I like how this park is mapped out, there were groups of slides about 3 to 4 slides per area. So you could go to one area and then go on multiple slides and work your way through them. The lazy river was probably my fabric part, relaxing and refreshing. They no longer allow rafts on the wave pool, which I think is great, it's much safer that way. We went on a weekday and there was no crowds. The longest we waited for a slide was maybe 10 minutes. I do wish there were more trees and green spaces here, most of the park is cement and canopies, but not too many shaded green spaces. It's also right next to the 99 freeway so pollution and noise is a factor, more green spaces would do a lot for this Waterpark. It's $40 a ticket and a $5 processing fee online, parking is another $5. I think that's a bit steep for a water park, I'm sure it also takes a lot of money to operate a water park. Regardless, it's a nice experience with the family.

This bookshop is really cute, they have used books, postcards, records etc. It'd located in East Village, which is a really cute area in NY. It's a small bookshop but has tons of books. We found some really cool astrology books there! You enter by going down a couple of steps and then into a world of books. I believe it was cash only, so bring your cash! I'd like to go again whenever I'm back in NY.