We’re now in Asheville, where we’ll stay for a short time before heading to the coast. It looks like the hurricane Ike has moved so far to the east that we do not have to be concerned about it and as far as we’ve seen there is not any new warning for this area either.
New York
In New York we had planned three days of sightseeing and parked at the long term parking at JFK – expecting that it would be the best place to park the van (the van is too high for parking garages and we thought it would be reasonably safe).
We have now left New York and while we did get to see some of Washington DC we get cut short by the tropical stom Hanna.
We are now in Charlottesville, VA, at the beginning of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Right now we’re watching the hurricane Ike which is suppose to pass very close to the Florida Keys in the next week or so. We, however, didn’t expect to be there in before almost two weeks.
Boston was our entry to New England and we tried both Lobster Roll and New England clam chowder here at the Quincy Market. Boston is a very nice city with many interesting hotspots – as I said we got the “traditional stuff†at the market. We got the biggest Canneloni ever and an enormous Boston Cream Puff in The North End (or Little Italy) and we got “Nouveau Indian Cuisine†on Newbury Street, the premier shopping street that will make your credit card burn a whole in your pocket crying â€let me out†😉
After two days in Boston and two days in Cape Cod we now have arrived in New York City. Large, noisy and warm. The hotel is funny and Felix loves it – we are just a few blocks from the Empire State Building!
After a long days’ drive we arrived in Boston for another try at City Tourism. Unfortunately Sabine’s foot hurts a bit after walking through Chicago in too fancy shoes, what can you say about that?!!!
We have now driven more than 6000 miles (9600 km) and taken more than 2000 pictures ..
We drove over to the Canadian side to see the Niagara Falls. The warnings we had gotten was that it was very commercial, not much to do with nature, not really worth it – and if you want to see it, go to the Canadian side.
Our campground was only half an hour away, so it was an easy drive over. We were there around 10am and it was a bit cloudy and there were not really that many tourists. Sure there were people at the “Maid of the Mist†trip etc, but not more than we would have expected. Sure the falls are basically in the town, but none the less it is amazing!
Yesterday was a funny day. I already told about Cleveland, but after updating the blog we sat a bit doing stuff in the bus while Felix was sleeping .. and it was getting a bit late. We started the drive to the campground and Felix wok up – just as we started to drive we saw a shopping center and opted for the easy dinner – Italian food!
We’re now in Cleveland, Ohio – you might have heard about the â€Burning River†years ago. That was here. You might also have heard about Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame – that is hear. The city has cleaned up and the river is no longer burning; parts of the waterfront areas have been filled with expensive buildings (like the Hall of Fame), but besides that I think it was a bit of a letdown.
Our first real stop on the trip was the village of Supai down in Grand Canyon (link). There has been a flood in the Supai area and many people were rescued out via helicopter.
You can read more on Associated Press (English) and Jylland Posten (Danish)
At this time it sounds like everyone is safe in Supai, but the people living in Supai and the tourists must have gotten quite a scare. We’re happy this didn’t happen while we where there.