Well, Well the
Blogster is back to work. Lets just start by saying this trip was fun, not as much as Italy but still FUN. Jesse my beautiful, smart and sometime dopey daughter decided to move to NY City in the middle of the largest
recession in the last 70 years. Old Dad was enlisted to help with the move. Jess made all the arrangements and I only had to drive. On Saturday Jan.17 She and friends packed the Budget rent a truck below. Is "packed" the right word?
On Tuesday the 22
nd I took a Alpine taxi to Denver and Jess met me and off we went to ?? Kansas. Our goal the first day was
Cawker City and the "Worlds Largest Ball of Twine" It was only 120 miles out of the way but
Ha, it is the biggest. Kansas is corn and wheat fields and wind.
The pic above is just before we left Colorado. Jess had a
conference call from the truck with Houston and Denver and then we stopped to see these tumble weeds.
Got to Cawker City about 5;30 p.m. nothing open, not even the one gas station. But the "Ball" was all light up just like a Christmas tree. It is Cawker City!!! I was impressed......that we actually found it.
That night we stayed in Abilene Kansas. Great people....Bad motel. Real bad. We hit the road on Weds. a.m. at about 8:00 We always had to find Buddy, the cat, he would hide each morning, I don't think he liked the travelling. He was good, just didn't like it. We had to move a dresser, he was up underneath behind and over a drawer. ................ good boy...........
We crossed Kansas that morning and about noon we spotted the 'Negro Leagues Baseball Museum" of course I had to stop. I grew up a Milwaukee Braves fan and Hank Aaron fan, Hank had played part of one year for the Kansas City Monarchs before he was called up to the Braves. You easily forget what a major event it was when Jackie Robinson joined the Dodgers in early '47. It changed the face of America. Truman integrated the Armed Services but that was in '48 so Jackie really was a pioneer. The people at the museum knew their baseball and their civil rights.
This is Jess at a roadside walking the cat. We would pull into a trucker lane at the roadsides and get out and walk our cat next to some big rig. "Do you feel manly? Jess would say.
We tried to get a picture as we entered each state. No chance!! At 65 MPH it's hard to shoot photo's. The bridge between Mo. and Ill. we
crossed at night and there was just a little 2X2 sign. You notice snow here as we entered Ohio. They
had a lot. thought I was back home again. This is
Marshall and Paris, someplace USA
Found Cleveland, it's not that hard. This is Jess at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Fun place. I enjoyed the history and John Lennon's 5th grade report card. He wasn't the best student. Loved to 'goof off' oh really. Jim Morrison's cub scout uniform, didn't seem the type. Lots of fun.
Made NY a day early and coordinated with Cody to get moved in. Crossed the George Washington bridge, got lost in traffic, I think it was
Jesse's fault. NO!! Really not that hard to find her place on 78
th and 2
nd Ave.
Nice place if you like 85 stairs up and 85 down every load. She does have windows and Buddy was very happy. I watched the truck and let the 'kids' do the up and down. Thanks guys and girls.
The 5A gee an elevator would have been nice.
Molly in the truck with an empty cooler.
Gerrrrrrr!! And why didn't we fill it with 'something'?
This is Cody walking Bailey, he's the one with the brown ears. We walked every night and every morning. I really enjoyed the walks. The streets aren't crowded and the people that are out usually have their dog. So they actually , almost...... come ....close to... looking... at you ... and one lady even spoke to us..... not just to the dog.
These are the wonderful group that helped Jess move in. Amber, Brian, Molly, Cody and what's her name. Jess 'lost' her Ipod during the move in but Buddy found it under junk a week later,
Molly worked like a trooper getting everything organized and put away the best she could. No wonder
MSNBC pays you the big bucks to organize.
We did a lot of walking and saw what we could. This is a walk we took though Central Park on our way to the USS Intrepid.
CP was like a breath of fresh air. A large open space in the middle of the city. this bear just happen to catch Coders.
We met Jimmy in NY. He was there for meetings and took time to have lunch with us one day at a Cuban-Asian fusion restaurant, it was "restaurant week in NY" so instead of spending $75.00 for lunch we only spent $25 and we were SEEN. It was that type of place. We also went to the Intrepid. Fun. The ship is looking over the Hudson River at the spot where flight 1549 landed. the volunteers on the ship said they had seen the landing. Amazing
The French consulate of course, three blocks over from Cody's place
Jimmy and I aboard the Intrepid That's the stealth fighter behind us, you just can't see it.
Here's a better picture of the stealth bomber and the old man.
The sky was overcast but dry and beautiful. Bobbe,Karolynn & Jim, their daughter Sarah , along with Kevin Collier and myself composed the Bottleneck team.
Above Karolynn lets the 28oz cannon ball (bullet) go....Rolling is shouted before each throw so no one gets in the way. You don't want to try and stop a cannon ball...believe me.
Myself and the Bullet
Bobbe and Kevin with a reward beer. Beers are GOOD after a 2 mile run.....oh... my arm still hurts Guinness is a local favorite and really hits the spot. Of course I forgot the Guinness and we settled for a Fat Tire. Ummmmmm good. and only 125 calories.
Bobbe and Kevin with a reward beer. Beers are GOOD after a 2 mile run.....oh... my arm still hurts Guinness is a local favorite and really hits the spot. Of course I forgot the Guinness and we settled for a Fat Tire. Ummmmmm good. and only 125 calories.
