Manhattan Day 5

Since we saw all we needed to see in the city (we don't want to do everything in one trip- there has to be a reason for a return trip, right?), we decided to take the subway out to Coney Island. We had recently seen the hot dog eating championships at Coney Island on ESPN2 the week before and it looked like a must-do, so we did.

But WAIT! What is this? Nathan on his phone on the train talking to a customer on the way to Coney Island??? No way!

We had lunch at Nathan's hot dog stand where the hot dog eating championships take place. We both admitted, the hot dogs were probably the best we've ever tasted. Don't know why.

A huge sign counts down the time to the next hot dog eating contest. There's also a list of the winners. The past few years an asian guy has won eating 53 3/4 dogs with buns and beating his last record. Gross huh?

We walked down the boardwalk and put our toes in the Atlantic Ocean. The beach is pretty darn gross. Girls in cute little bikinis laying among cigarette butts, broken glass and who knows what else. Pretty sad beach but apparently New Yorkers love it.

And we couldn't leave without me taking a few swings at the batting cages.