One of the exciting parts of moving east was the opportunity to spend time with east coast friends, so it was about time ABBY and I finally figured out a weekend to get together! Since both of us wanted to get out of town (me-dc, abby-nyc) and we had to wait down to the wire to organize, we figured a road trip was in order.
Less than 24 hours before leaving…
Abby finally finds out she has the whole weekend off from all her jobs!
Less than 20 hours before leaving…
Erin gets a bus ticket to NYC and we decide to head towards Mystic, Connecticut, but we can’t book a hotel online because of the timing… so we plan on winging it!
Saturday
Bus to NYC… pass a NASCAR style race happening on blocked off streets in downtown Baltimore…CRAZY!
Bus arrive over an hour LATE…yikes, sorry abby! Hop in Abby’s car and start our drive!
Traffic, traffic, traffic… but not as bad as you might expect for a holiday weekend
Attempt like 50 hotels, but find out they are all booked due to: holiday weekend, local power outages, and of course snoop dog is in town – naturally most likely cause of having to drive 45 minutes out of town to find a hotel :)
Finally settle in an awesome restaurant in Mystic’s harbor…. only place more hopping than our restaurant choice was the ice cream shop down the street… even after 10pm, so naturally we had to check it out
Sunday
Drive to Point Judith, Rhode Island, take ferry to Block Island
Couldn’t have asked for a more lovely, sunny day! My pics don’t do it justice, but it was exactly what I needed… beach time, a ridiculous beverage, beautiful scenery with one of my best friends… thanks abby for suggesting such a PERFECT destination!!!
Could have wandered the beaches and taken pictures for days, but caught a late ferry back for one more night in Mystic.
Sorry Julia Roberts fans, we skipped Mystic Pizza (but we did walk by) in favor of one of the other amazing looking restaurants. After much mocking of the local business advertisements on the hotel TV in between showers we decided to take one of their recommendations VooDoo something… sadly we were just minutes past the kitchen closing…
MONDAY
Woke up slowly and strolled around cameras (and starbucks) in hand
I know many of you won’t believe me when I say that Abby and I both LOVE this little local coffee company called starbucks…. So let me clear it up for you… we may or may not have hit up starbucks 3 times between the 2 of us on the trip back :)
Scenic drive back, traffic not that bad….even in nyc… and driving along the hudson was gorgeous
Immediately hopped on the bus to dc… napped and worked… vacation over…SAD…
Already plotting the next meet up, hopefully OCTOBER for round 2!
Less than 24 hours before leaving…
Abby finally finds out she has the whole weekend off from all her jobs!
Less than 20 hours before leaving…
Erin gets a bus ticket to NYC and we decide to head towards Mystic, Connecticut, but we can’t book a hotel online because of the timing… so we plan on winging it!
Saturday
Bus to NYC… pass a NASCAR style race happening on blocked off streets in downtown Baltimore…CRAZY!
Bus arrive over an hour LATE…yikes, sorry abby! Hop in Abby’s car and start our drive!
Traffic, traffic, traffic… but not as bad as you might expect for a holiday weekend
Attempt like 50 hotels, but find out they are all booked due to: holiday weekend, local power outages, and of course snoop dog is in town – naturally most likely cause of having to drive 45 minutes out of town to find a hotel :)
Finally settle in an awesome restaurant in Mystic’s harbor…. only place more hopping than our restaurant choice was the ice cream shop down the street… even after 10pm, so naturally we had to check it out
Sunday
Drive to Point Judith, Rhode Island, take ferry to Block Island
Couldn’t have asked for a more lovely, sunny day! My pics don’t do it justice, but it was exactly what I needed… beach time, a ridiculous beverage, beautiful scenery with one of my best friends… thanks abby for suggesting such a PERFECT destination!!!
Could have wandered the beaches and taken pictures for days, but caught a late ferry back for one more night in Mystic.
Sorry Julia Roberts fans, we skipped Mystic Pizza (but we did walk by) in favor of one of the other amazing looking restaurants. After much mocking of the local business advertisements on the hotel TV in between showers we decided to take one of their recommendations VooDoo something… sadly we were just minutes past the kitchen closing…
MONDAY
Woke up slowly and strolled around cameras (and starbucks) in hand
I know many of you won’t believe me when I say that Abby and I both LOVE this little local coffee company called starbucks…. So let me clear it up for you… we may or may not have hit up starbucks 3 times between the 2 of us on the trip back :)
Scenic drive back, traffic not that bad….even in nyc… and driving along the hudson was gorgeous
Immediately hopped on the bus to dc… napped and worked… vacation over…SAD…
Already plotting the next meet up, hopefully OCTOBER for round 2!
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