We're posting from the Bus, in a parking lot in New Paltz, NY (about 80 miles north of NYC). We came here to climb the world-famous "Gunks" (aka the Shawangunks). We arrived late Wednesday night, and got in a fair amount of climbing yesterday, but today it is raining, so we're killing time and hoping that the rocks will be dry tomorrow.
We had a good time in New York. Jacqueline's friend Kate's wedding was very nice. We both got to hang out with friends, although I spent a fair amount of my time doing work for my friend Erik's company; it's good to be making some extra travel money, though (especially considering how expensive New York is).
We're happy to be back at home in the Bus. We cooked our first meal last night--Mac n' Cheese with tuna. Our appetizer was a can of Wild Consomme Pringles that we brought back from Thailand a year and a half ago, accompanied by a local microbrew or two. We started a game of Scrabble, but got about 2 words into it before Jacqueline fell asleep. I think my mistake was leaving to clean up the dishes while she was mulling over her next play.
You'll be happy to know that we managed to get some more pictures online: the last stage of our initial trip across the country (Iowa to New Jersey), and our Greece photos. The photos from Turkey still need to be captioned, and there are about 180 of them, so it might be a little while. If it keeps raining, though, it may be sooner than later.
Bisous to all,
-b & j
Just a quickie to say we're back, and in one piece. The flights were long, but uneventful. We managed to kill 4 1/2 hours in Heathrow without too much trouble, and for some blessed reason got bumped up to business class for the flight across the pond.
We're seriously jet-lagged now. Or at least I am, as evidenced that I'm posting this at 4:30 in the morning.
We'll try to have the pictures up in the next few days. Other than that, probably no posts until after we leave the New York area, in a week or so.
Cheers,
-b