Wednesday 12 June
We were up, packed up and on the road by 6.45am, but it still wasn’t enough to get us to the motorhome return by 8am. Thankfully although we arrived closer to 9am because of the LA traffic, they held the 9am airport shuttle for us until we had checked in the RV and completed all paperwork. On the way to LA this morning Ross brushed some trees hanging over the road, and upon our arrival we were told we would be charged for a missing light cover ($6) near the door – we didn’t even know a light was there, but figured it was bumped by the trees on the journey in.
Once the shuttle dropped us at the airport, we checked in our bags and waited the 3.5 hours until our flight. We bought the children breakfast at Burger King at 10.30am, and then everyone happily passed the waiting time on iPods and books until our flight.
The flight to New York was smooth and involved a detour around some heavy storms that are occurring due to hurricanes in the mid-west. A couple of famous people sat near us on the plane – an actor in front and a comedian behind – but I need my sister-in-law here to tell me who they were! I recognised their faces, but the name eludes me until I see them on tv or in a movie next!
By the time we retrieved our luggage, caught a taxi into Manhattan and checked in to our rooms, it was 11.30pm (due to time difference, NY is ahead of LA by 3 hours). On the recommendation of the concierge, we walked a block to a 24hour cafe deli, where the kids had a pizza slice each (one huge slice for $2.50) and Ross and I had paninis. The kids thought it was great making a memory by eating dinner at midnight!
Sam assures me that while New York used to be his favourite place ever from reading about it, now he is here it is definitely his favourite. We will see what he thinks of the Big Apple in the light of day 🙂