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New York 2001

Day 4: July 2, 2001.

2001, Christian Sauvé

Return trips are always dull; returning over known ground when you're tired beyond belief is an invitation to slumber and introspection, and so there isn't a lot to mention here. I tried to doze off (unsuccessfully), did some reading (managing to finish the 600-pages book begun on Day 1) and even squeezed in some writing on the laptop, mostly a first draft of this report's Day 2 and Day 3. 

We stopped to McDonald's for breakfast, Arby's for Lunch, a visitor's center for washrooms, the duty-free shop for vice (mine was a last-minute bottle of American Mountain Dew, and yes it's still as harsh as the one from our first day, though by now I can see how you could come to like it) and the Mallorytown center for a final break. Aside from the extra-long stop at the duty-free shop, we made good time and arrived at the Ottawa Marriott at five-twenty.

I'll let a few pictures do most of the talking.

 

Highway, 8:19: On the road again...

Somewhere in Pennsylvania, 9:22: 
No way! They've got McDonald's in the States?!?

Customs, 14:45: Nearly... there...

1000 Island Park, 15:23: After New York, this ain't tall at all.

Ottawa, 17:24: Canadian Tire... Homey...

Rockland, 18:13: Woo-hoo!  Home Sweet Home!