We can’t take a taxi because we have 5 suitcases.
We can’t take the subway because we value our lives.
We can’t catch any other type of bus service because we don’t have 6 hours to spare.
So we had to book an airport shuttle that is only allowed to pick us up from a hotel and deliver us to the airport.
We packed our selves up and walked the 100m up the road to o a hotel and stood out front in 2 degree but sunny weather. This time the shuttle was a reasonable 20 minutes late, however it turned out we were also the first passengers ( it takes about 12-14 people.) This meant that we got a full sightseeing and traffic experience of New York as he negotiated the stupid traffic to pick up another 8 or so people. One family was actually 20 minutes late and caused him to get a parking ticket which he was rather annoyed at - as you would be.
We finally got to the airport. Now we had to get onto the free monorail that will take us back away from the airport to the rental car location which is about 8km away.
The whole saga was actually quite good in the end and worked out exactly as we needed it to.
We were in our car and on the road by about 1pm. An hour later than we had hoped, but we got there.
The drive was a bit chaotic for the first hour as we tried to get out of the city, and finally hit the freeway that was to get us to Rhode Island.
The landscape very quickly changed to what I would describe as typical USA country charm, with snowy forests of leaf-less trees with houses dotted amongst them and every 10 miles or so a town could be seen just off the freeway.
We got to Jen & Jays house just before 5pm in the dark. Still getting used to sunset being before 4:30pm here.
After a very warm welcome, we were also greeted to our first real snow fall.
It was as exciting for me as it was for the kids. This is the first time I have ever been in a snow fall. The minute amount we experienced in NY was still not classed as enough for me, so this was a unique and great experience.
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