He did so good.
I was legit surprised.
He threw me off because of our means of transportation. I thought we were driving.
After we dropped off the girls at school, we headed in the complete opposite direction I thought we'd be going.
Another weird clue: we took Steve's truck. His 2008, rust-bucket Expedition. With like 230K miles on it.
WHY.
I was like "what are we hauling - why do we need this vehicle"?
When we pulled up, my face dropped.
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| THE BUS STATION? You've gotta be fucking kidding me. I am NOT getting on a Greyhound bus. WTF. |
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| Ah, ok just kidding. We're at the AmTrak Station! |
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| This man reserved us a private room on the train. |
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| Literally the easiest experience ever. No lines. No people. No security? |
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| Here we go! |
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| Having a sleeper car was legit. Easily sleeps the both of us (there's a pull down bed) |
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| Getting cozy for our 7 hour ride. Happy birthday!! |
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| I very much enjoyed looking out the window. |
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| Caught up on some blog reading |
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| Getting back into Ozark |
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| Nap time! Steve took the top bunk. |
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| Complimentary lunch/dinner |
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| We could have had the attendant bring us our food, but we opted to get out and stretch our legs and have lunch out in the dining car. Again, other than the armed guard, it was just us. |
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| Rolling along the Hudson |
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| It was a gorgeous day out, so the view was nice |
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| Arriving at Penn Station |
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| NYC ♡ When I'm not in the country, I want to be in THIS city. |
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| Our hotel. Literally steps from Times Square! This is 44th and 7th. |
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| Dude. He got us a SUITE. |
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| With a FUCKING OUTDOOR TERRACE |
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| So, so cool. Cute little water feature and chairs and a small table. |
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| HUGE bathroom with AMAZING shower. The shower head was so legit. |
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| Welcome Steve Ruple. The last time a hotel greeted us by name was on our honeymoon! |
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| We got to the hotel around 7pm? We walked from Penn Station - it was about a 15 minute walk. We knew we wanted GOOD food and based on our location, knew we could have just about anything we wanted delivered. So we opted for Black Iron Burgers and they were SO GOOD. |
We called it a night shortly after dinner. We showered in the amazing shower and then just watched TV, relaxed and went to bed around 10pm.
The trip so far has been incredibly enjoyable. The way here, the whole thing. I'm so excited to be here and I'm so excited to do ALL the things Steve has planned for us!
Tomorrow is our first full day in NYC. With no real plans because our trip got moved up a day, so we have a day to kind of get settled in the city.
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