Monday 17 June
Today started as usual with breakfast in the hotel cafe ($3.89 kids meals,and half of them free, people!) and then I – with the help of iPods and diaries – entertained the kids while Ross went for a massage. When he returned we packed up our rooms and headed down to Central Park and back to the Whole Foods Market in Columbus Circle for a light lunch.
The RV rental place had offered us a shuttle from our hotel to their office in Linden, New Jersey to pick up the RV that will be our home for the next three weeks. Our plan was to head for Providence, Rhode Island tonight to move on to Boston from there. Boy did I underestimate NY traffic in the boroughs! It took us two and a half hours to travel sixty miles. We ended up near Hartford in Connecticut about 7.30pm, so stopped in a little town called Meriden for dinner before we repeat the old pattern of travelling for too long and eating too late.
I had difficulty finding an RV park in this state, so dinner was at Maccas so I could use their free wifi, which the kids though was a great idea! From there we travelled another hour down the road to East Lyme to an RV park for the night. Although it is now midnight, I believe I have learnt from the experience of the first RV trip and unpacked properly this time. I THiNK I am ready to hit the ground running in the morning. Time will tell what lessons I learnt!
Postscript: Zac was still up at midnight last night watching me write my diary/blog, so has requested today I include a photo of him in his NYPD gear and Sam in his FDNY gear. I took the photo while Ross was ordering dinner. Belle thought the photo opportunity was not complete unless it included a dancing ballerina princess…;)