Day 18, 12th August

What a great day. We hit the road at the crack of dawn and the roads into Manhattan were very quite as it was Sunday morning. The trucks still overtook us and we were riding at 70mph (115kpm for the Aussies.) We were going to take the Lincoln Tunnel but instead took the upper deck of the George Washington  bridge. We rode down 9th avenue to show the boys all the apartments. We parked near Battery park and the boys looked at the statue of Liberty. We then left the bikes at my brother-in-laws apartment and the piglets walked all over town whilst I rested. Tonight the boys are going to a bike bar in Brooklyn and I'm having dinner with my two favorite brothers in-laws. (this will be a test to see if John, Michael or Fred read the blog. Please do not tell them.)
Hot news. We have decided to go straight back to Syracuse tomorrow.

The positives are (1)  the piglets need to be back in New York by the 20th to return to Australia via Los Angeles, (2) there are plenty of good rides in the Syracuse area. (3) The piglets  they can rest, (4) They can clean their bikes ready for sale, (5) Shawn can have a shave (6) Ross can put on a clean pair of sox.

The bad news is we will not see the Puffin Colony in Maine. Susan and I will do that before the Summer is over in the car with the boys.

Side story. Ann  Greene (who is now the famous relation in LA) asked that the piglets take a photo of Peter Puffin in front of Mount Rushmore. I asked Ross to take Peter and I asked Rully to remind Ross and I asked Shawn to remind Rully to remind Ross. When they returned I asked how the photo turned out. There answer? We forgot Peter!  Ann - we will photoshop Peter in.

New World Trade Centre

Peter Puffin with the Statue of Liberty. (where is said Peter and Robert

robert waiting with the bikes at a dog park whilst the boys are sight seeing.