Griswold’s Road Trip
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On the New York for the final stop of the trip. Stopped off for lunch at Farmer and the Cow in Wilmington, Delaware. Shared the Farmer and the Bao burger with Ellen (not on a Bao more about the filling) and it was delicious with a nice amount of spice.
After some discussion the plan was to drop the rest of the Griswold’s off with the luggage in midtown manhattan and then drop the car back to JFK, with Clark going solo for that part and returning on the train.
So that’s what happened, when we go to the hotel the loading zone out the front was choked with buses however miraculously a park appeared about ten metres after just as we were preparing to double park. Bags dropped off and checked in and then Clark was off on his first and likely last time driving through Manhattan.
Traffic was pretty heavy on the way, with the trip taking about 40 minutes more than normal according to what I had looked at before. Car topped up with fuel, returned without trouble at JFK and then airtrain / Long Island rail road back to Penn Station which is a couple of blocks from the hotel.
Walked past Madison Square Garden from Penn where we will be taking in a Knicks game before joining the Griswold’s at the hotel as they were finishing up their dinners.
4736 miles driven according to the receipt from Avis.
So that’s what happened, when we go to the hotel the loading zone out the front was choked with buses however miraculously a park appeared about ten metres after just as we were preparing to double park. Bags dropped off and checked in and then Clark was off on his first and likely last time driving through Manhattan.
Traffic was pretty heavy on the way, with the trip taking about 40 minutes more than normal according to what I had looked at before. Car topped up with fuel, returned without trouble at JFK and then airtrain / Long Island rail road back to Penn Station which is a couple of blocks from the hotel.
Walked past Madison Square Garden from Penn where we will be taking in a Knicks game before joining the Griswold’s at the hotel as they were finishing up their dinners.
4736 miles driven according to the receipt from Avis.
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