Sunday 29 May 2011

9 days 4627 miles and a visit to New York City






Empire State Building

Empire State Building

Times Square

Times Square

Times Square

Times Square

George Cohan, Times Square

Father Duffy, Times Square

Times Square

Broadway





Central Park

Central Park

View from Times Square

Ground Zero

Ground Zero

Ground Zero

Ground Zero

I left last Friday with a delivery in Secaucus, New Jersey. My delivery was within view of the New York skyline. After talking to drivers from other companies who had been here I decided to push hard, get there early Sunday and take the Park and Ride into New York city for a bit of sight seeing.
I was so disappointed when I arrived there to find the park and ride closed on a Sunday so after a little drive round to find parking I decided to go and park outside my delivery ready for the next morning. It turned out better than I could have hoped for, my delivery was within 500yds of Secaucus Junction, the mainline train station and only 1 stop from Penn Station in New York.
$8 return and a $10 subway ticket for 24hrs got me to most of the things I wanted to see. It was a fantastic day and will definitely repeat next time I have the chance.

Wednesday 11 May 2011

Sue has cleaned the pond and got it all set up again for summer.

Our latest pet.

Tuesday 10 May 2011






Got back home yesterday and went out quadding today with Neal. It is Craig and Jacey's wedding social on Saturday so trying to get another short trip in before then but it's looking doubtful so could be at home now till Monday.

Sunday 1 May 2011













Friday we were sorting the garden and was 22c and this morning we woke to yet more snow.

Had a short 2500 mile trip to Ohio and back which included the close to 90 mile detour around Morris, Mb because of the floods. This has been a reasonable month, I have had a lot of time at home because of parties and socials that we had been invited to. The next couple of months are much the same too.

I had 4 days at home last week and another 3 this week but still managed to get decent miles for the month.

Penners had a reorganisation of their business last week and sold the LTL (less than truck load) sector to another Canadian carrier. This now allows them to concentrate on the core business of full truck load deliveries. There were some job losses but it has not noticeably affected the rest of the business. http://www.steinbachonline.com/local_news/penner_international_cuts_jobs/itemid_232