I am unable to upload our pictures from the holiday weekend. I will try again another day. For now here is the answer to our game: We saw over 25 different states (Ok, D.C. and Ontario are not states, but whatever) in as little as an hour. I started writing them down after we got to 12 states in less than 20 minutes. They are as follows:
California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Utah, Tennessee, Florida, Rhode Island, Ohio, Arizona, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, Main, Delaware, Indiana, Washington, D.C., Ontario, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Illinois, Oregon.
There were two others that we couldn't make out what state they were, so almost 27.
The kids had a ball. I was very proud of them, they were excellent. We stayed on Central Park West and 94th street, just off Broadway. It made me feel a little safer that we weren't in a bad part of town. The Hotel was interesting. The building was very old, but nice. We had a great view, from the ninth floor, of the buildings next to us, ;). Central Park was awesome. We were right next to it. I can't wait to go back closer to Christmas. They light the tree at Rockefeller Center on the second of December, so next time we are working in the city I am making Charles stop and see it.
We woke up very early to get a place to see the parade. I think it was one of the first times we've waken the kids and not the other way around. Though it was early, we were all super excited. We hopped on the subway and rode it to Columbia Circle. We were lucky enough to get in place before too many people were there, though there were still thousands of people running to get a place. It was like Wal-mart on black Friday. Luckily, we were standing next to a very outspoken local. She scared away any potential butters.
When the end of the parade came into site we stared working our way back out of the crowd early so we would not get trampled. Just as we started walking away the last float went by. We made it to the subway with the first wave, so it wasn't too bad. As we were getting on, I looked back and floods of people were lining up.
We made it back to the hotel just in time to check out. The kids took a break and rested their poor little legs. Charles set out to get the car--we had to park a few blocks away. I packed up our bags and we headed for the lobby. Charles pulled up just as we were walking out the front door, perfect timing. We headed back towards Times Square, to walk around and check out the city, hoping most of the crowd would be gone. Lucky for us, we found parking right away and started off to see everything.
After a while of walking, the kids were hungry so we stopped at McDonalds (their choice) for our Thanksgiving grub. After we were done eating we took the long way back to the car, stopping for a slice of NY Cheesecake on the way. We all shared it while we waited for the garage to get our car. It was very delicious! The kids fell right to sleep when we got in the car. It was a quiet and quick ride home, the perfect end to our perfect Thanksgiving day.
California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Utah, Tennessee, Florida, Rhode Island, Ohio, Arizona, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, Main, Delaware, Indiana, Washington, D.C., Ontario, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Illinois, Oregon.
There were two others that we couldn't make out what state they were, so almost 27.
The kids had a ball. I was very proud of them, they were excellent. We stayed on Central Park West and 94th street, just off Broadway. It made me feel a little safer that we weren't in a bad part of town. The Hotel was interesting. The building was very old, but nice. We had a great view, from the ninth floor, of the buildings next to us, ;). Central Park was awesome. We were right next to it. I can't wait to go back closer to Christmas. They light the tree at Rockefeller Center on the second of December, so next time we are working in the city I am making Charles stop and see it.
We woke up very early to get a place to see the parade. I think it was one of the first times we've waken the kids and not the other way around. Though it was early, we were all super excited. We hopped on the subway and rode it to Columbia Circle. We were lucky enough to get in place before too many people were there, though there were still thousands of people running to get a place. It was like Wal-mart on black Friday. Luckily, we were standing next to a very outspoken local. She scared away any potential butters.
When the end of the parade came into site we stared working our way back out of the crowd early so we would not get trampled. Just as we started walking away the last float went by. We made it to the subway with the first wave, so it wasn't too bad. As we were getting on, I looked back and floods of people were lining up.
We made it back to the hotel just in time to check out. The kids took a break and rested their poor little legs. Charles set out to get the car--we had to park a few blocks away. I packed up our bags and we headed for the lobby. Charles pulled up just as we were walking out the front door, perfect timing. We headed back towards Times Square, to walk around and check out the city, hoping most of the crowd would be gone. Lucky for us, we found parking right away and started off to see everything.
After a while of walking, the kids were hungry so we stopped at McDonalds (their choice) for our Thanksgiving grub. After we were done eating we took the long way back to the car, stopping for a slice of NY Cheesecake on the way. We all shared it while we waited for the garage to get our car. It was very delicious! The kids fell right to sleep when we got in the car. It was a quiet and quick ride home, the perfect end to our perfect Thanksgiving day.
