and so it begins

After 30 hours door to door Haim and i finally made it to New York. The hotel we were staying at was the Athanee Plaza Hotel on 64th street, one block away from central park. We settled in and went for dinner at a "Texan Meat Market". There was basically beer and meat on the menu, which we had plenty of. Georgie turned up the next morning me very tired, hung over and excited, having a very late breakfast. We spent the rest of the morning wandering central park while Hamish had a well needed sleep in. After sorting out his mobile Haim caught up with us early in the afternoon and we made our way to the New York Museum of modern art. The contents of the building was totally beyond me, but Georgie and Haim seemed right at home. Actually they were so comfortable there i had to drag them out at about 8pm. We made our way to little Italy for dinner, and then wandered through SOHO and NOLITA until we stumbled across a little Spanish bar. From there we were given directions to a bar around the corner that had a basement night club. Georgie lasted till about 2am, Haim and i on the other hand found our selves at big daddy's eating god knows what at 6 in the morning.

Sunday morning was already upon us and we had a baseball game to go to. We had a few hours sleep and Georgie dragged us by the ears in a cab bound for Yankee stadium. Our seats were spectacular. right behind the New York Yankees dug out. The game was between the Yankees and the riel's. We all agreed that it was one of the best days at a sporting event we have ever had. The entertainment and interaction with the crowd was fantastic.

We caught the train to Harlem and had a "soul food" dinner at a place called Silvia's. The experience was amazing, the food, staff and patrons created an atmosphere we had never experienced in Australia before. we wandered from 126th street back to our hotel on 64th street.

Georgie and i woke early and caught the subway to New Jersey were the "support vehicle " was waiting for us. Bruce Lieberman the dealer picked us up from the train station and drove us to the yard. It was here that Georgie was introduced to the vehicle she would be driving 7,000 km across America.

Texas meat market





art museum

little Italy

Spanish bar

???

basement night club

big D's diner

baseball

 

soul food restaurant

the support vehicle



Bruce Lieberman







the stop sign had to go





discussing a few modifications

heading off from the hotel

Pennsylvania, Cabela's camping store











American classic motors



John Chinofsky in the work shop





a few pointers



Haim's first time on the bike
to cool for school




bikes ready for hand over







practice in the car park
















Haim's bike




Marsh's bike



My bike











American Classic Motors
bike builders were awesome


Our first fuel stop









a well earned break











more bloody fuel















a local stopped to check if we were OK
in a 56 bagged Chevy truck.



the bus came in handy for giving the bikes a spell

Naa,, the bus doesn't look out of place at all

coolest parking officer ever

introducing the prone mantis 

buggered the oil change and had to put the bike in the bus