Second Stop - New York plus 6 other states!

What an exhausting, but fun-filled day! It's 1am and we're just returning from a night out in New York City. What a crazy city - it never sleeps!

Our day began in D.C. where we packed up Red Pepper and began our trek across the country, with some detours for sight-seeing of course. We made our way from Virginia through D.C. to Maryland to Delaware to Pennsylvania to New Jersey and finally to New York! You could never touch that many states on the west coast! I do have to say I love the big, green, lush streets that line the highways here. We did stop to enjoy lunch and a view of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. However, one thing we did not enjoy was the large deep thud that we heard only to realize that a bird had sacrificed its life on our windshield. What a sickening feeling that caused! But, luckily, the traces of the bird on the windshield were washed away in the torrential downpour we experienced in New Jersey.

We ventured into New York City during rush hour of course in Red Pepper, with her manual transmission - not the smartest move, but Ryan worked his magic and got us through the city safely. We are staying with a friend of Ryan's, who took us downtown for dinner at an Austrian restaurant (delicious food!) and a dessert cafe (fabulous gelato!). The subway system here is amazing! You can get anywhere with a simple subway pass. We also took in Times Square at night, which was packed of course. And now we are finally in for the night...what a great day!