There seems to be so much to do, (or that that I wish to do, or feel that I should do) until Bob and I are a'leaving on a jet plane. We are actually incredibly excited about this trip, although we were decidedly underwhelmed until fairly recently. One aspect which I am not so excited about, is that just as Spring is bursting upon the Canberra landscape in a flurry of winds and colour, we shall be heading over to the northern hemisphere and the end of Fall and a rapidly encroaching winter. I am not so sure about this.
Still, it was fantastic to catch up with Aki today after Customs, where her hair still looked wonderful. I am going to miss her a great deal.
Our travel plans have only a couple of definite requirements, based around, surprise, surprise, Bob's racing. Flying from Canberra through Sydney to New York on Sunday 14 October, we shall transfer (eventually) to a local flight to Richmond, Virginia which arrives at Midnight. We shall be in Richmond, the capital of Virginia for the week until the World Duathlon Long Course Championships on Sunday, 21 October. The following day, Bob, a fellow Aussie competitor David from Adelaide and I shall drive up to visit some friends in Vermont, probably travelling through the Finger Lakes and up through the Aridondacks.
After visiting our frinds in the beautiful state of Vermont, we shall drive down the Hudson River Valley to New York City (such a beautiful disease)*. Now I haven't beed to the Big Apple before, and when less well, poor of sight, unsteadily on my feet and so on, I thought that I never would take a bite. Now, the cost of staying there is truely astronomical, which limits our stay over the Marathon Weekend to five or 6 nights. Boy, am I looking forward to it though!
After New York City, the real fun begins...
We pick up another car and head south to the Appalachian Mountains. Now Bob did his Masters in North Carolina during the Dismissal Wars (1974-75), and knows the general area quite well - from that period and from occasional visits to the States and especially Washington DC in the period since.
From the start of the Skyline Drive in the curiously named Front Royal, we expect to travel, slowly down through the Blue Ridge Parkway dipping into the nearby towns of
*with thanks and acknowledgement to Norah Jones and the Peter Mallick Group.
Still, it was fantastic to catch up with Aki today after Customs, where her hair still looked wonderful. I am going to miss her a great deal.
Our travel plans have only a couple of definite requirements, based around, surprise, surprise, Bob's racing. Flying from Canberra through Sydney to New York on Sunday 14 October, we shall transfer (eventually) to a local flight to Richmond, Virginia which arrives at Midnight. We shall be in Richmond, the capital of Virginia for the week until the World Duathlon Long Course Championships on Sunday, 21 October. The following day, Bob, a fellow Aussie competitor David from Adelaide and I shall drive up to visit some friends in Vermont, probably travelling through the Finger Lakes and up through the Aridondacks.
After visiting our frinds in the beautiful state of Vermont, we shall drive down the Hudson River Valley to New York City (such a beautiful disease)*. Now I haven't beed to the Big Apple before, and when less well, poor of sight, unsteadily on my feet and so on, I thought that I never would take a bite. Now, the cost of staying there is truely astronomical, which limits our stay over the Marathon Weekend to five or 6 nights. Boy, am I looking forward to it though!
After New York City, the real fun begins...
We pick up another car and head south to the Appalachian Mountains. Now Bob did his Masters in North Carolina during the Dismissal Wars (1974-75), and knows the general area quite well - from that period and from occasional visits to the States and especially Washington DC in the period since.
From the start of the Skyline Drive in the curiously named Front Royal, we expect to travel, slowly down through the Blue Ridge Parkway dipping into the nearby towns of
*with thanks and acknowledgement to Norah Jones and the Peter Mallick Group.
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