6.1 August 7, 1967
Dear Grandma and Grandpo, (from Diane) How are you? I am fine. (Lousy beginning isn't it?) We've been sight seeing about every weekend. So far we've seen Coney Island, New York Aquarium, the Statue of Liberty, the Museum of Natural History, the United Nations, the Bronx Zoo, Cloisters and some others I can't remember. Coney Island was a big disappointment. Maybe it was just the part we were in but it sure looked shackey. I chickened out on the roller coaster. Maybe I'll do it next time. The beach was nice, and the Atlantic is warmer than the Pacific. Now I can say I've been clear across the United States and waded in the Pacific and the Atlantic. The aquarium looked a lot better than the rest of Coney Island. They had almost every fish you could think of and some that you'd think would only exist in a coloring book. I saw my first octopus. You couldn't see him too well because his tank had a double pane of glass to keep ...