Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 5

One building looks like it is flipping you the bird, and another looks like a penis This summer we decided to spend our vacation in Canada. But since we could save a lot of money on flight tickets by going to Newark in New Jersey instead of going directly to our destination, we ended up spending some time in the United States as well. We like the USA so we just saw it as a bonus to be able to spend some time in New York State in the beginning and in Pennsylvania in the end of the trip. We will get back to Pennsylvania and New York City in a later blog entry. In this we will write a little about two cities in New York State, namely Albany and Buffalo. Albany When we arrived ... read more

I think part of the aging process is that you generally start to slow up ( or is it down?) in some of the things you used to do. At least, it seems that way with me. I have definitely slowed up ( or down) in faithfully writing our blogs. I think there was a time I was writing them almost daily...oh, you poor souls! It must have been like showing you our home movies everyday. YAWN! ZZZzzzzzz. In our last blog, about being at the Mothership (Red Bay), I promised I would catch you up on our time BEFORE we went to Mecca and AFTER we left it. I'm always faithful when I promise something. Slow but faithful. You are soooo Luckeeee. BEFORE........Tropical Palms looked like a deserted island after almost all of our snow ... read more

Do you know the way to Long Island… Please As an experienced Soldier, I have crossed into Iraq with a unit whose average age was 19.2 and driving 90-foot trucks with trailers in an active war zone. I experienced the oil fires during Desert Storm firsthand, remembering how the intensity of the smoke choked you up and you couldn’t see if the enemy was near or even if you could see your entire convoy. I have even trained aggressively for riots in the lead up to a deployment to Kosovo for a Peace Keeping mission; complete with actual tasers, riot gear and tear gas. So, whoever said that New York is a vibrant and exciting place? I might change the description a tad. I personally experienced more of a backed-up and somewhat intimidating New York! Just ... read more

Tired and a little delirious from our NYC time-travelling - we left on the 17th and arrive back here after 21 hours of travel and it's the 19th - I type this final blog strangely back in Gordon Park. I have to write this before the day-to-day consumes me and I logout of the www.travelblog.org for who knows how long. Last night (well Sunday night in Mamaroneck) I booked the uber for 12.05. I choose 12.05 to ensure we have plenty of time for our 3.30 flight from JFK and 5 minutes past 12 to avoid the dreaded am/pm error. Up early with plenty of time to pack and bid farewell. A bowl of kicks or some toast and tea for breakfast as time evaporates while we pack the suitcases for the last time. A light ... read more

Up early and packing the bags again. We leave a bit of excess weight in the Mamaroneck basement - books and shopping - and load up the Jeep. The Armstrong-Robinsons are also heading off for their spring break - Camp Cod for them. The weather is glorious for this time of year and Alex and Dave are deciding if they could even take their surfboards. Milla has woken up sick. She's had a sore throat and headache and now it's a full blown head cold and she's feeling a little nauseas. Good day to be sick, she can rest in the car for 7 hours. We virtually retrace our route to West Point and getting out of Mamaroneck and onto the freeway is confusing, stressful but at least a little familiar. We cross the Hudson River ... read more