Aug 30, 2005 11:00
I'm so excited, I can barely stand it! This is what my current plans are:
Saturday, Sept. 3
7:20am - Depart Austin
3.5 hr. layover in Minneapolis
4:20 - arrive Newark, NJ
Amy will pick me up, and we will stay at her place Saturday night.
Sunday, Sept. 4
Get on an early train to NYC
Take subway from Penn Station to Queens - leave luggage at Jessica Radtke's
See the city!
*Statue of Liberty
*9/11 Memorial
*Central Park
*Wherever else Jessica wants to take us!
*Spend the night at Jessica's
Monday, Sept. 5
*6:15am - Good Morning America!!!!!
*anything we didn't get to on Sunday
*Phantom of the Opera
*take train back to Peapack
Tuesday - Friday
*volunteer at Amy's school while she works (she's doing her music therapy internship)
**I'm VERY excited about this. The facility is called a school and hospital and serves children and adults with severe physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy on a residential and day-student basis. YAY!!!
Saturday, Sept. 10
*get up at the butt-crack of dawn, drive to Niagara falls (6-7 hrs)
*play as long as we can at the falls (hiking, etc.)
*spend the night in hotel (already booked.... $44. might be crusty, but it's cheap and we're on a budget! It will be an adventure!)
Sunday, Sept. 11
*drive to Boston
*still need hotel
*explore the city (if anyone has suggestions, let me know!)
*eat fresh clam chowder
*buy a t-shirt from Harvard
Monday, Sept. 12
*drive down coast, end in Peapack
*make as many stops along way as we want.... Atlantic City, Providence, etc
Tuesday, Sept. 13
*depart Newark @8:20am
*arrive Austin around 4ish I think.... maybe I should look at my flight itinerary!
I don't think we are going to get much sleep for these 10 days, but OMG it's SOOOO worth it! I'm really excited that Jessica is letting us stay with her and that she is going to be our personal tour guide for the city. I haven't seen her in 3 or 4 years, so it will be tons of fun!!!!!!