We burned directly out without breakfast and did not stop until we were miles north of Atlantic City. After a stop at Fridays for a huge brunch, Starbucks (again) and "Target" (a gigantic convenience store) we were finally on our way to the roadtrip's final destination.
With only two hours of driving, the roads through Newark and into New York were rapidly increasing in size. At the most, we experienced 8 lanes in each direction. Thats 16 lane roads! witch is pretty insane compared to norwegian roads. As the junctions and intersections came closer and closer to each other even our GPS had trouble following the phase of the New York rush traffic. Even though we missed a couple of exits, we finally saw the New York skyline. I don't really know about the other guys, but that really brushed up some feelings inside me as it was our final destination. It was the end of over 6000 miles of road we have put behind us. All the incredible scenic routes and all the different landscapes we have experienced on our trip trough America.
Hotel Newton is located on Broadway, downtown Manhattan. A small, but classy hotel with an amazing location. After
check in we went for a walk in the neighborhood to get some dinner. The evening was spent in a movie theater showin
"Brüno", a crazy followup on the legendary "Borat" movie. Tomorrow, and the following day's, we will try to soak up as much of NY as possible
We all look forward to spend some days here before our return to Norway, as a kind of finale.
A load of brand new photo´s is now available at the following adress:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66819215@N00/sets/72157620496507557/
(Also, all photos have now been organized by the date taken, so according to the blog, you should be able to figure out where the pictures where taken)
//Lars
Martin - Lars Andreas - Erik W
SvarSlettCONGRATULATIONS!!!!
I am very GLAD and HAPPY to see that you have arrived your final destination at NY safe and sound after crossing the American continent from west to east! That you had the guts and will to make this journey come true gives you plenty of payback. It is probably less than 0.01% of people dreaming of this that actually DO IT on their own keel. Enjoy your stay in NY!
If you want to visit the Derecktor shipyard in Mamaroneck, it is only a few miles up north. Bob's son Paul is the manager. They build mostly yachts in that yard.
Good to see that Norwegian Codliver, or TRAN finally has reached the continent,- it took only 1000 years from the first Norwegian Leif Eriksson reached the continent untill the first Codliver was introduced in the US market! Better late than never. After Obama, this is probably the best that has happend to US this century. Unfortunately, the citizens is not aware of this fact:-)).
Take care, be courious and explore
Pps
(Lars & Erik's dad))
Hallo N.Y.!
SvarSlettI just want to sign Arne's Congratulations!
Maybe I,ll never meet you guys,Lars&Erik -
but thank you for sharing your Summer09 with several of the Schei family.Mostly Martin though (he-he).
By the way - I dont remember if "Forest Gump"
actually ran about your route to the west coast or all the Route 66 to Chicago?Anyway, I liked the film and could easily imagine you met him out there;) Greetings /Eva-Lotte S.