Hilton Garden Inn Norwalk

... have the MACY'S BALLOON DAY PARADE but even before that on the eve of Thanksgiving they have the showing of the Balloons being blown up which is what we went to, - they have to shut off certain parts of the subway - have police everywhere directing people because there is that many everywhere. It was really interesting to see though. We experienced out first bit of rain that night.

After that we went and met up with some of ...

... and locked on the back rack of our motor home. The Person brought their own bolt cutters and clean cut both cables and slip the bike off the rack in the middle of Thanksgiving night. We give thanks for those who steal other peoples property for band door profit.

Two days to go. It's scary the number of things that have to happen when you travel for a month. Not only do I need to prepare for 4 weeks on the road in Mongolia and China but I pretty much have to put my life on hold for that period. Putting life on hold isn't as simple as hitting pause on your DVD player control. (Though I've always wanted to be able to pause time like Hiro on Heroes!) To say that the last week ...

One week from now it will be less than 24 hours before I leave. My mom leaves Saturday for AZ and so I'll say goodbye to her at the airport that morning. I can't believe how fast this came up. It feels like yesterday it was June. So this, the week before leaving, seems like the time when I realize everything that should've been done already hasn't. I don't have a visa for the UK, nor ...

... not tell one ship from another. I hugging the port side of the shipping lane as our speed slowed to 6kts as we found the current on the nose. I didnt care about speed only collision avoidance. To me, safe boating is alot about avoiding the supid mistake and I didnt want to make one. I just kept watching as the tanker and the badge move closer. In the distance the Statue of Liberty is small but getting larger..but not as large as the tanker ...

... It's not only that we would like to live in a different country, but before we do that we really wanted to travel the world. Part of the problem is the sinking feeling of settling down forever, which we are somewhat reluctant to do. Unfortunately, employers aren't usually happy when you take 6 months to X off, and when you have a mortgage to pay it sadly does not pay itself. We could sell our place and take off, and then come back to an uncertain future. We are aware that things would ...

... and wore sunglasses the whole time. Juliana Moore was there also. Later on around 7 we headed over for the Lit/Reg event at Absolutely 4th at 4th and 7th in the Village. This was one of the most fun nights of the summer! We sang Karaoke until at least 12:30 when I left and the party was still going strong. The Corproate event which was at Dave ...

... body for pocket change! Even though I had many offers on the table! OK moving on! She was one of the only other people there speaking English so me and my friends invited her over to our table to hang out. After a few hours of beers I never really thought about her again. Then we meet up again by an absurd random coincidence 7 months latter in North Africa!?! Situation: It was 4:30 AM and I was onboard an armed military convoy in Northern Egypt en route to the Sudanese boarder to ...

I'm in New York right now until Wednesday. A decision has been made! We have all decided to go to Chicago before heading to New York to spend New Year's. This is the most cost effective plan because this summer we are going to be spending a ton of money wherever we end up going. Plus ...

... letting us into her country. Sods law the train was delayed 2 hours so we could have slept a bit longer, and we also found out that we could have caught it from the Canadian side saving us all the trouble at immigration. Live and learn! We happily boarded the train but not before getting a right telling off for walking on the tracks by the conductor! He even made us walk back over them and walk over the correct bit - a jobsworth with a power trip! We collapsed ...