Day Twenty Five

We awoke. It was a pleasant day, so we drove to NEW YORK CITY. YES.

It was a very nice drive. The scenery was very pretty. Pennsylvania is a lovely state. We also, unexpectedly, drove through New Jersey, which cranked our state tally up to 16. This pleased us.

Here's the list:

California
Nevada
Arizona
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York

What a drive! New York Skyline looming into sight, and we drove straight into the Lincoln Tunnel, and out the other side to be met by skyscrapers and honking taxi cabs.

One terrifying drive later and we're unloading our car and checking into our 32nd Street hotel. Another near fatal drive and we return our car, our faithful wonderful car, to Dollar. Final mileage 4,500. We leave him with a mixture of relief and sadness. Sad that the big drive is over, but pleased we completed everything we'd set out to do. A mixed bag of emotion, you could say.

We took a stroll down to Times Square, and around and about. I'd forgotten how amazing NYC is - everything is so tall and fast. Not tall AND fast. But things are tall, and there are other separate things that are fast.

We stopped at a little Italian restaurant, which was awesomely good. Had, like, the best Red Wine of our LIVES and whatnot. It was very very nice. Nice tablecloths and candles and good service. And brilliant brilliant food.

After a walk back down to our hotel, in the warm summer rain, we went to the rooftop bar. 5 floors above our room, bedecked in fairy lights and loomed over by the Empire State Building - it's a pretty cool place to hang out. You're literally looking right up at the Empire State. It was pretty wicked.

A great start to our last weekend.




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