I dozed in and out for most of the drive to New York. As
usual, Dan drove the whole way except for when Kieligh and I each took hour or
so shifts so he could take a couple power naps. Although it was dark, Pennsylvania
had some beautiful landscapes. Late this morning, we approached New York City.
I have spent the last few days in back and forth communication with my friend
we are staying with in NYC, Alexa Halcomb, about the parking situation. At one
point, we considered parking outside the city in Jersey and taking public
transit from there. In the end, we decided to just bite the bullet and pay the
extra money to park about a block from Alexa’s place. This is definitely going
to be one of the more expensive stops on the trip. We started off by paying $14
to go through the Lincoln Memorial Tunnel just to get onto the island that is
Manhattan and then paid the guys running the parking lot $110 to park our car
for the next day and a half.
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| Pennsylvania State Line |
It definitely took of a lot of faith on our part to leave
the car in this parking lot. Although, they have someone on duty 24/7, they
leave the cars unlocked with keys in the ignitions also. This seems really
scary, until you realize that they park the cars in so tight that there is
absolutely no way anyone could steal one of the cars. I mean it was still a
little concerning, but we had no other choice. We just brought all of our valuables
inside with us and crossed our fingers in hopes all would be well and we
trekked to Alexa’s place.
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| This sort of shows the crazy parking situation. |
Alexa is at work still, so her brother, Jason, just met up
with us and let us in to the apartment. Naturally, we are exhausted. The only
things on the agenda for the next few hours are showers and sleep. We also met
the little dog that Alexa is currently fostering. Her name is Suzie. Alexa
warned us that she might be a little feisty since she is a rescue dog, but she
was as friendly as could be to all of us.
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| Suzie in her cutest outfit |
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| Our progress thus far. |
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