It's up to you, New York, New York!

Once upon a load, Nick & Kathy got sent to New Jersey to pick up a load...

It wasn't difficult to find the pickup location, we got there a little early,  and the shipper was ready when we got there. It seemed fortuitous! After we got loaded up, we headed out. Looking forward to seeing the Big Apple

But a block and a half down the road, Agatha (Nick's pet name for the truck) had other things on her mind...

Mr Jason saved the day and the load!

We didn't even make it 2 blocks down the road when lights were flashing and alarms were going off! Looking under the hood, we saw a small spray that became a big spray of coolant, and that was it. We called maintenance about the truck, dispatch about the load, and sat in the Burger King parking lot in Raritan, NJ. Maintenance sent us Mr Jason who showed up, fixed our leak and got us back on the road. We only lost about 2 hours, so we headed into the NYC.

Our first view of Manhattan from I-95 in New Jersey.

We took I-95 through New Jersey, to the George Washington Bridge, one of the few ways to get a big truck into New York. I googled getting into NYC, and used the map from the www.NYC.gov website! I figured New York City wouldn't lie to me! 

The famous George Washington Bridge.

Our view of Manhattan from the GW Bridge.

Park Avenue, but not the POSH end...

We mostly followed the directions on our Garmin to ensure the roads and bridges were big enough for our truck, with backup from Google Maps to keep track of traffic, but only after checking and double-checking the NYC map to make sure we knew what roads we were allowed on, and which ones we MUST stay off. Once we found Park Ave, we followed it all the way to 56th St.

Preparing to make a left turn on 56th St.

As we proceeded downtown, it amazed me how life flowed in New York City. It was everywhere, all at once. Down the street, coming back up the other side, crossing the streets, and soaring up to the sky, inside all of the buildings. It was a blessing that the speed limit, traffic and pedestrians kept us moving so slowly, often stopped. I was loving the people-watching! 

I was given a request by my

son, Robert. I was to get a

picture of the Empire State

Building. I wasn't sure I

would be in a position to get

one outside the skyline

picture of ALL of the

buildings, so when I turned

the corner and saw this, I had

to take this picture! I was

VERY thankful for the Red

Light. This is for you, Beau!

Agatha parked as close to the curb as we can manage. Yet they got around us!

They loaded us up very quickly, and soon we were back on the road!

Can you see the bicyclist on the top of this bridge? It gave me vertigo just to WATCH!!

On the way out of NYC we were in slow traffic, so I was able to look at the bridge, and then ask Nick to get a picture. The High Bridge is aptly named. 

We have been avoiding going into New York City until this load. It wasn't as terrible as we were afraid. There were A LOT of cars, SO MANY PEOPLE, but everything seemed to have a reason to it. If you weren't in a rush, allowed plenty of time to get where you needed to go, and went with the New York Flow, it wasn't bad at all. 

Maybe, if we get another load to NYC, I won't be such a COMPLETE TOURIST!