Blogs from United States, North America - page 5600

One will do anything for a chance to sleep in their own bed, even if for one night. On the road usually most of the week, I have driven home straight 17 hours to be here. Also, 14 hours, 11 hours, 15 hours, and from locations such as New Orleans, New Jersey, Atlanta, and Houston. Driving is different from flying as it puts you behind the cockpit. There isn’t a security person asking you to dump out your water bottles and take off your shoes. However, on the road, whether you like it or not, you have entered the TRUCKERS DOMAIN. These truckers in America, and the rest of the world, think because they are so big that they can run over the tiny cars. They have their own lifestyles, radio shows, gas stations, etc. which ... read more

Oct 31. Oyster Bay, NY to Atlantic Highlands, NJ East River Leg. At 1341 we got underway again and went under Throngs Neck Bridge which marks the entrance to the East River. At 1350 we went under Bronx Whitestone Bridge and got closer to NYC skyline. At 1403 we were at the anchorage channel which was pretty slow and just a few boats this time of the year and shortly after we were going under two world famous magnificent bridges: Manhattan Bridge. And Brooklyn Bridge. At 1421 we were going under a third magnificent bridge: The Verrazano. At 1706 we picked up speen because we didn’t want to run out of day light, turned to 274º cut from West Bank to Old Orchard Shoal. But then we realized that we would be more protected from the ... read more

The month of October was mostly spent on driving and visiting. On Oct 4, we left our Mountain View home and went to Edmonton and stayed for 3 days with our son Ian. From Oct 7 to Oct 10, we drove for 3 days from Edmonton to Detroit. The weather was pretty wet in upper Michigan. From Oct 10 and 11, we visited Gary's nephew near Detroit and enjoyed two nights stay with the new parents and their lovely daughter Sophia. Gary's sister-in-law and niece Elmira were also there. From Oct 12 to Oct 18, we drove from Detroit to Toronto and stayed with Gary's mother. There we met with friends and relatives every day and ate, ate, ate. On Oct 19, we drove from Toronto to Ottawa to visit our daughter Carmen. On Oct 20, ... read more

Oh Florida, how I always wanted to come here when I was a little kid. Though I have grown up, I still have the good old kid in me and it is still yet flourishing spontaneously and excitedly as ever. We arrived at Florida quite early of the third day of our pilgrimage. Fortunately, I had time to sleep because I turned on the autopilot for most of the flight. We unpacked and headed t our own ways as usual. This time, we had a lot of time to spend. My first destination was the nearest Starbucks. I ordered the Caramel Frappaccino, as usual, drank it and headed off to Miami Beach where I laid on my towel soaking up the rays. I am more of a sightseer and so all I do is, well, ... read more

We walked the famous Boston Freedom Trail today, starting from Boston Common and the Mass State, through P. Revere’s House, the street where the Boston Massacre occurred, to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, then on to the North T Stop. We followed that Red-brick road till our feet hurt. There were also plenty of spooky historic graveyards along the way thanks to Halloween, the devil’s day. Gustavo didn’t have class today, at least that’s what he told us, so he came along too. We got some American sushi along the trail because Robyn’s Mom had marked it in the map. Gustavo likes my camera. He was pretty astonished when I took some paparazzi style shots in a flutter-shutter way - IMPRESSIVE! We were tired so we killed some time going to a movie, and I showed ... read more