Summer in New England- Road Trip 2012- Day 10, Day 11, Day 12

Day 10- This morning we woke up and it was still hot! 84 degrees in fact when we rolled out of Chicopee, Mass at 8 am. After a few stops to fuel up (both gas for Eva and coffee for me) we were Brooklyn bound! We were very excited to see gas prices dropping as we headed west and south toward home. It was my first experience driving in NY. We crossed the Bronx Whitestone Bridge and sat in tons of traffic. It took almost an hour to travel 16 miles from the bridge to our friends' apartment. We had a great 4 hour drive and had a fantastic evening with our friends (A and M) and their wonderful babies. We ordered in pizza for dinner and enjoyed an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation while snuggling babies for the evening entertainment.

Day 11- We went for a lengthy outing around Brooklyn today. First we walked to Catskill Bagel Co. and had a fantastic breakfast. I can definitely say that the cinnamon raisin bagel is amazing. Then we walked through to Prospect Park. It was an absolutely beautiful day with temps in the high 70's and low 80's. In the park we chilled under a gorgeous tree and I did a little photo session for our friends. It was a wonderful day that ended at Ample Hills Creamery for Ice Cream and then a short subway ride and walk back to the apartment. Dinner was ordered in sushi. I had a Snowcrab Avocado roll in addition to my usual Philly roll and was super satisfied.

Day 12- Today was also pretty low key. We walked to the Farmer's Market on Cortelyou Street. We celebrated A's birthday with a pie after dinner and then I took a few more pictures for A and M of their precious girls. One of the highlights of the day was when Dean and I walked around the block and got some ice cream from the Mister Softee truck. Yum Yum! Dean used the down time during the days to finish up reading the Hunger Games Trilogy that he got for his birthday and I was able to talk knitting (and touch all my pretty new yarn with my friend A). Our time in Brooklyn was some of the best memories from the whole trip so far as we were able to share these days with friends. Out of respect for those friends pictures of their children are not included in the album for these days. Thanks again to A and M (and PB and J) for sharing their home with us for a few days. We had a wonderful time just hanging out and enjoying your company! 

We didn't take too many pictures during these days (except for baby pictures), but here are the ones we did take!