Here are the few pictures we do have of the family and our New Years in New York.
It started snowing around 6am. By the time we got to New Jersey it was really coming down. When the sun started to rise, the roads all turned to ice. The traffic quickly became bumper to bumper, five mile an hour, traffic. It took us hours to get into New York. The top level of the bridge into New York was closed because of ice; this only compounded the traffic problem.
There were so many accidents. This is a very minor one. We saw a couple of 6-12 car pile ups and even one where a truck jumped the rail and landed straddled over the median. Mostly, the cars just ran into the concrete barriers.
After a long, cold day in the car, we finally made it to our room. Saydie was ready to ring in the new year, New York style.
“Party!”
As you can now see, we are a bunch of party animals. Woo-hoo! ;o)
We ended up staying in the room and watching the ball drop on the TV. We were too tired to brave the cold and crowds of Times Square.
The view out our window, in our room.
The kids thought it was still night when they woke up because it was so dark in the room. Skyler looked at the clock a little later (around 10-ish) and thought it was late at night. Around 11 he went over and looked out the window. Because it was cloudy, he thought it was early morning and said, "Saydie, the sun is coming up! We must have stayed up all night!" Needless to say, Skyler was a little upset. I had to explain to him that it was really almost noon and he had slept fine all night.
The kids were so tired. They had to take a nap after staying up the night before.
We drove down to Long Beach on New Year’s Day. It was a lot of fun. There wasn't any traffic and nobody was out and about--It was a very cold day.
Long Beach, New York.
You can't see it in this picture, but there are sandy beaches and it is very beautiful.
Sunset over the ocean on New Year's Day.
This is the bridge we cross every week to get out to Long Island.
It is called the Verrazano Bridge.
