17th November- Time to leave New York

We arose round 0700 and finished packing and checked out of the Hotel with Noel having a go at them about their terribly slow internet which you have to pay for. When arranging Hotels for the next few days last Monday, it ended up with the same Hotel booked twice, brilliant and it cost USD 18.00 telephone call to correct this and so after a quick complaint the money was refunded.

We had a quick breakfast and picked up the Hertz Rent a car from a nearby building and whilst walking there we almost got blown over with the strong winds. We picked up the Honda Accord and then entered the details in to the Garmin Sat Nav we had purchased prior to leaving UK and headed off to Long Island. En-route we went through Brooklyn (named we think after David Beckham’s son) and Queens ( named after George Michael and Freddie Mercury we believe) and then found our way East on Long Island and eventually stopped at a Costco store for some quick shopping, lunch and to purchase a chicken Caesar salad for tonight.

We then drove along the scenic route to the very end of Long Island to find the ferry which leaves from Orient Point for a place called New London in Connecticut. This area seems very quiet but we were very surprised to see that there were so many vineyards for miles and miles. We arrived at what you might laughingly call a port, one man in a small wooden shed, and he was able to get us on the ferry one hour earlier that we had booked. The vessel was quite old but overall reasonably comfortable but a lot smaller than the UK Cross Channel ferries. Although it was still windy the crossing was not too rough except for one moment when a largish wave hit the ferry and knocked Noel’s tea over the floor, but nothing like the Atlantic crossing.

Our Sat Nav guided us off the ship and down on to the famous motorway called the I-95 and shortly afterwards we arrived at the Hilton Garden Inn in Groton which is not far from Hyannis. There is quite a naval population around this area as we had noticed submarine pens when arriving in to New London port.

We are planning a quiet night tonight as we are both a little tired after our very long walk yesterday and the early morning today. So we spent the evening watching a specialist film channel showing Charlie Chaplin films with the first one being ‘The Kid’ with Jimmy Coogan playing the kid.

Tomorrow we drive up to the top of Cape Cod and we sincerely hope they have some chips there as well.  

Note- No time for photos today