You should know that Friday morning we climbed into the rental vehicle and headed southeast to New York City. You may have heard that The Oldest (daughter Katie) is beginning Chapter Three of her life (Chapter Two was the U.S. Army), heading off to the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan to study photography. Maybe I'll get some better pics for this blog out of the deal! She and her boyfriend Aaron are off and running — best wishes, Sweetie!
You should also know that we're not taking a scale, so they'll be no weight updates until we return. And I'm writing these next few days-worth of blog entries after we return, as I (correctly) anticipated a computer-free trip.
So before leaving I had a light breakfast,
Beaumont Breakfast Blend coffee (1 cup)
everything bagel, toasted, w/butter (1)
Would have loved another coffee, but seven hours or so in the car would just be asking for trouble!
Of course we took munchies along for the ride. And I had my share. I certainly didn't count each morsel, but you get the idea:
hard-boiled eggs
Swiss cheese
smoked gouda w/bacon
cheddar
milk chocolate
cucumber slices
Doesn't sound like much, but it held us over until we were all starving in New Jersey. Saw a sign for a Red Robin, so we pulled in for burgers,guacamole-bacon burger (1)
french fries (1 serving)
Sprite (20 oz.)
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| file photo |
The remainder of the trip was truly exciting, driving-wise. We crossed through the Holland Tunnel around 7 p.m., and headed into Brooklyn. After unloading, and saying our good-byes (for the night) to Katie and Aaron, we somehow navigated that huge Ford Explorer into Manhattan at 9:30 on a Friday night — incident-free. Needless to say, we left it parked for the next few days.
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| Made it through unscathed! |
We did take a walk to Times Square after checking in to the hotel. Got a
Tim Horton's iced raspberry lemonade
across from Bryant Park, shuffled back to the hotel, and went to bed.
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