¶ … New York City. Forrest Junior said he would like to see me, but he didn't have time to come to Alabama, so we finally said we would meet in New York City. New York City was amazing! It's really an island. I think New York City has more cars in it than all of Alabama and maybe Mississippi too. Maybe it's just hard to get all those cars off an island, so people just stay there. Everybody walks so fast, and they don't really want to stop and talk. I asked this policeman for directions, and he told me all right, but that was all he wanted to talk about. In Alabama we would have talked about three other things before we got down to business.

Forrest Jr. got us a room at a hotel down near the end of that island. He said the name of the hotel was the "Hilton Millennium." I looked at the sign and thought it said "Hilton Millionaire," but Forrest said no, that anyone could stay there. That's good. I didn't want to stay some place just for millionaires.

Well, we just had a grand time in that New York City. I got there on September 9, and Forrest was right there to pick me up at the airport. We took a taxi into New York City. Those taxi drivers drive very fast, but they didn't hit anyone....

That driver reminded me of running the backfield for coach Bryant. Anything was ok just as long as you didn't get caught!
The next day we got up bright and early and started seeing what there was to see in New York City. We rode on the subways, which are underground trains. I always thought the best part about a train was watching the countryside go by, but I guess folks in New York City look at different things. We saw the Statue of Liberty, the biggest statue I've ever seen. We went to a place called the Bronx. The Bronx is really ugly in some parts but there in the middle it's so beautiful. They have a wonderful zoo. I made sure we went to see the chimpanzees. One of them looked just like my old friend Sue, but I know it couldn't have been her. We took a train to get to the Bronx, but it wasn't like trains that go to Alabama. I don't think they like grass and flowers to grow in too many places in New York City.

Well, we ended the day in China Town and had a delicious dinner! Forrest Junior tried to teach me how to eat with chopsticks like they use in Viet Nam, but I made a mess of it in Viet Nam, and I made a mess of it in New York City.

We got back to our millionaire hotel…