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Coast to Coast USA - Nev & Jo 2010
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nev
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Then to spend a week in New York. What a place! Not as "big" as I suspected.. but plenty going on 24 hours a day..
A city with a police force larger that the combined Australian Defence Forces.
Grand Central Station
The biggest mo-fo electronics store you've ever seen in your life..
Empire State Building
Subway
The wall of beer at the local convenience store.
Views from the roof of the building we're staying in
USS Intrepid museum
A city with a police force larger that the combined Australian Defence Forces.
Grand Central Station
The biggest mo-fo electronics store you've ever seen in your life..
Empire State Building
Subway
The wall of beer at the local convenience store.
Views from the roof of the building we're staying in
USS Intrepid museum
nev
Super Térrarist
Common NY streetscape
Cobblestone streets in the old quarters
About all there is to be seen at the WTC construction site..
mmmm kebabs..
movable street bollards in the financial district
Jersey City over the Hudson River
South Manhattan
Some old statue
Someone making sure we didn't get too close to that statue
Cobblestone streets in the old quarters
About all there is to be seen at the WTC construction site..
mmmm kebabs..
movable street bollards in the financial district
Jersey City over the Hudson River
South Manhattan
Some old statue
Someone making sure we didn't get too close to that statue
nev
Super Térrarist
Brooklyn Bridge
Philly cheese steak sandwich for lunch
We had our first meeting with Chris, the owners of Jupiters Motorcycle rentals. He took us for a cruise around the lesser known sights of Brooklyn in his cool wheels..
A vicious storm through New York. We heard later that two tornados had formed in this storm and touched down a few km away in Brooklyn.
A cricket game in Central Park
Philly cheese steak sandwich for lunch
We had our first meeting with Chris, the owners of Jupiters Motorcycle rentals. He took us for a cruise around the lesser known sights of Brooklyn in his cool wheels..
A vicious storm through New York. We heard later that two tornados had formed in this storm and touched down a few km away in Brooklyn.
A cricket game in Central Park
nev
Super Térrarist
We got some culture...
A weapon handmade by Mr Colt.
some inspiration for the Beatles
Armour worn by King Henry VIII
A balancing act on the Hudson
A parade
An apt warning
Set up a street market, and people will come..
..but that doesn't mean they'll be happy
and with all of that crap out of the way.... we got to the good stuff an R1200GS, an F650GS, a Rand McNally Atlas, a GPS, a pocket full of monopoly money, and 3 weeks to get to LA.
A weapon handmade by Mr Colt.
some inspiration for the Beatles
Armour worn by King Henry VIII
A balancing act on the Hudson
A parade
An apt warning
Set up a street market, and people will come..
..but that doesn't mean they'll be happy
and with all of that crap out of the way.... we got to the good stuff an R1200GS, an F650GS, a Rand McNally Atlas, a GPS, a pocket full of monopoly money, and 3 weeks to get to LA.
castle-of-teckk
V-Strom Nut
like it !
nev
Super Térrarist
Brooklyn NY to Lancaster PA
A distinct lack of photos today. We collected the bikes, packed all our gear in the panniers, and with much anticipation, excitement, and fear of the left hand turn, we took off. 50 Metres later we encountered our first left hand turn. 100 metres after that, our second. Both of these successfully negotiated, Having the Tomtom intalled was a real bonus. Aside from a minor wrong turn at a freeway junction it got us out of Brooklyn in to New Jersey, around Newark Airport, onto a pleasant looking parkway and out to a distant relative's house in a leafy street. Noone home there so we then took a few backroads instead of the freeways. The backroads were mainly 35MPH zones with lots of traffic and towns and intersections along the way. After lunch I decided to get back on the interstate and soon enough we were in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for the night. Did I mention it was hot? It was hot. Low 30s for most of the day.
Lancaster PA to Washington DC
Lancaster county has a very large Amish community. Lots of barns in the fields, not much farm machinery.
The locals get around in horsedrawn buggies which maintian a fair clip down the road.
The roads have buggy sized sealed shoulders
but watch out for the evidence of horses.
The names obviously aren't as funny in Pennsylvania Dutch
They grow lots of corn
They don't like electrickery
A quaint town on a side road.
In this town saw a signpost directing to another town 20 miles down the road, the birthplace of Robert E Fulton, author of One Man Caravan. It was a bit far out of our way for a detour.
A distinct lack of photos today. We collected the bikes, packed all our gear in the panniers, and with much anticipation, excitement, and fear of the left hand turn, we took off. 50 Metres later we encountered our first left hand turn. 100 metres after that, our second. Both of these successfully negotiated, Having the Tomtom intalled was a real bonus. Aside from a minor wrong turn at a freeway junction it got us out of Brooklyn in to New Jersey, around Newark Airport, onto a pleasant looking parkway and out to a distant relative's house in a leafy street. Noone home there so we then took a few backroads instead of the freeways. The backroads were mainly 35MPH zones with lots of traffic and towns and intersections along the way. After lunch I decided to get back on the interstate and soon enough we were in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for the night. Did I mention it was hot? It was hot. Low 30s for most of the day.
Lancaster PA to Washington DC
Lancaster county has a very large Amish community. Lots of barns in the fields, not much farm machinery.
The locals get around in horsedrawn buggies which maintian a fair clip down the road.
The roads have buggy sized sealed shoulders
but watch out for the evidence of horses.
The names obviously aren't as funny in Pennsylvania Dutch
They grow lots of corn
They don't like electrickery
A quaint town on a side road.
In this town saw a signpost directing to another town 20 miles down the road, the birthplace of Robert E Fulton, author of One Man Caravan. It was a bit far out of our way for a detour.
nev
Super Térrarist
Found some nice backroads meandering through the Pennsylvania farmland
Visited Gettysberg, the site of a battle, a cemetary, and a famous speech
A memorial built at the spot where Lincoln spoke
Heading through some minor Maryland roads on our way to Washington
Visited some friends of my sister,
Had a meal on a floating restaurant on the Potomac River on a balmy evening
And then went for a walk and saw some sights
Visited Gettysberg, the site of a battle, a cemetary, and a famous speech
A memorial built at the spot where Lincoln spoke
Heading through some minor Maryland roads on our way to Washington
Visited some friends of my sister,
Had a meal on a floating restaurant on the Potomac River on a balmy evening
And then went for a walk and saw some sights
nev
Super Térrarist
Washington DC
Some of you might remember the old tram on Hoddle Street Melbourne which was part of this chain..
We spent the day walking around Washington seeing the sights. Ticked off the big ones.. White house..
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Spent much time in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum which has the first, the best, the fastest of everything which flies, even touched some moon rock.
The Apollo 11 command module,
The Spirit of St Louis
The Wright Brothers 1903 flyer, the first
I took lots of photos, many of dubious quality.
http://www.thisstupidurl.com/2010/USA2010/10 Washington Day 1/
We took in some of the Natural History Museum, which has an excellent dinosaur collection,
Some of you might remember the old tram on Hoddle Street Melbourne which was part of this chain..
We spent the day walking around Washington seeing the sights. Ticked off the big ones.. White house..
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Spent much time in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum which has the first, the best, the fastest of everything which flies, even touched some moon rock.
The Apollo 11 command module,
The Spirit of St Louis
The Wright Brothers 1903 flyer, the first
I took lots of photos, many of dubious quality.
http://www.thisstupidurl.com/2010/USA2010/10 Washington Day 1/
We took in some of the Natural History Museum, which has an excellent dinosaur collection,