I'm sitting in the Atlanta airport right now while en route to New York City. I am going to be in NY for nearly two weeks visiting with friends and family and hopefully having a blast. Who knew... but the cheapest way to get to NY from Chicago runs through ATL. I have time, but no money, so I have to do everything the cheapest even if it takes longer... (I'm sure you are all feeling sorry for me at home, huh? HA!)
I am actually flying into the Newark, New Jersey airport and I am going to have to take some trains and make some transfers to get to my final destination in the city tonight. Through the course of the trip I will have been in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Georgia, New Jersey, and New York. I don't have the mileage added up just yet, but I am definitely racking up the miles.
The truck is running great, but I left it with my aunt in a Chicago Suburb. When I return from NY in 13 days I will pick it back up and hit the road again. Before I roll out of Chicago I believe my cousin Chas and I are gonna go to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. When I finally leave Chicago I am gonna head straight to Des Moines, Iowa. As far as I can tell there doesn't seem to be too much to do in between Chicago and Des Moines. Just head straight down Interstate 80 past the world's largest truck stop. Anybody have any ideas about things I definitely should do over the next few weeks? In New York I plan to go to Ellis Island, the Immigration Museum, the Frick Collection, a Yankees game, just got tickets to a live taping of David Letterman, MOMA, The MET, and a few other odds and ends... Hit me back with some suggestions!!!
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I missed you in ATL airport by about 4 hrs! That would have been funny.
ReplyDeleteSarah and I were in NYC in Oct. '07. My advice for what you have above is remember that the MET is huge. We were there for an entire day, and ate lunch inside. Also, the line for the ferry to ellis island gets huge really fast. I think the first ferry trip is at 8am, but we got there at 7am and were one of the first 50 or so people. By 8am there were several thousand people waiting at the dock behind us. (This is not an exageration!). Also, the first stop is at the statue of liberty. We skipped it and went straight to Ellis Island. It was nice being there with very few people around.
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Yeah, I had heard that the line gets crazy for the ferry. We will try to get there early, but I really like to sleep in... boo. Thanks for the advice!
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