Day 1

Well for those of you who thought that we were taking off yesterday, we were supposed to but here's the thing...getting married is EXHAUSTING! lol We we're so tired and we had so much to get together

hat we left a day later. Sorry.
Our wedding was more than beautiful! It was everything we could have ever dreamed it would be. Here are a few photos. It was an incredible day and now I'm married to my best friend!

Our first day on the road has been a bit crazy to say the least. We finally made if out of our driveway around 8am. We stopped for gas and ice and headed out.

( A word of caution: Do not drink 3 large cups of coffee right before you are going to be spending a considerable amount of time in the car! I nearly peed myself until we found a place to stop ( 3x today!) on the same note, if you are ever on I-78N near Bethlehem the turkey hill facilities are nicely kept.)

New York is a strange, expensive, confusing place that is also terrifying and oddly beautiful at the same time! It took us an extra 2 hours to get to Brooklyn ( where we are staying with our nice host Marry and her foster kitty Joe-Joe) Tony printed out directions so that we could avoid driving through Manhattan but we misread them and got turned around twice before giving up and following our gps through the city anyway. Then after we got here and parked we took off on foot in search of the Metro station. (This is not a good town to set off without a plan.)We did eventually find a station but we walked a long distance out of our way.

The first stop for these Beatles fans was of course the Dakota and Strawberry fields. Both places struck me as sad and solemn shrines to which people who think they knew something about a man they have never met go to mourn his tragic death. We did. We are no better. What ever the kind of man he was, his lyrics and music have opened my mind and deepened my heart.

As we wandered through central park we let it wash over us. There were couples in wedding dresses and tuxes ,hippies doing dental floss magic for a crowed (no lie!), musicians and artists, freaks, and wanderer all sharing the same gloriously beautiful late spring day. New Yorkers. I can't imagine they are often surprised with all these cultures and counter cultures and counter-counter- cultures all overlapping and interweaving as the seem to do. Central park is lovely this time of year!

Oh yeah and we definitely saw Ted Danson and his wife today off of 5th ave. Tony yelled " Hey isn't that Ted Danson?" and they turned and walked back to the corner they were filming on.( We are dying to know what they were filming.) Then he was too shy to take a picture or say hi even though he really likes Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bored to Death! We aren't the types to get excited about movie stars but Ted Danson is cool.

Other than this exciting bit we wondered around Soho a bit. Tried to find so tasty vegan niblits... nothing. We settled on a sandwich shop that charged an arm and a leg for a sandwich i could have easily made for $0.50 at home! Over all NYC ate us up and spit us out! Next time we come here we'll have a plan!

Next Stop: Boston tomorrow!