July 1, 2011 - Scarborough, United Kingdom
New York tourists
We left Sea Gal in a hurry. Just enough time to cover the hatches and show Geoff how to work the bilge pump. We flew via New York on the cheapest deal we could find, which meant a 9 hour stop over. We decided to make the most of our time and caught the train into the city for a bit of tourism. After a couple of hours walking and shopping the tourists were a bit jaded.
Happy at last
But this put a smile on their faces, along with a fat boy lunch in our 'usual' restaurant under the Empire State Building. Most people visit this building to go to the top, we are usually in a hurry or cant afford the rise, so go to the basement instead for beer and burgers.
Going Ape team
Once back in the UK we spent a few days in Bristol and Bath with Lindy, Fiona, Bill, Rory and Josie. The a rush round the UK to Kingston(Jerry), Lindfield ( Jason et al), Ipswich (Jams), Doncaster(Natalie) and finally to Ganton to see Iris and join in with her 70th birthday celebrations.
Yvonne the monkey
For the main event we went to a Go Ape facility which has you swinging around in the trees and travelling down long zip wires.
Stepping stones in the trees
Diane on the zip line
Ready for the zip wire
Iris managed to complete the course and here she is with a big smile about to jump from the top of a tree to zip wire 200ft above the car park.
Iris above the car park
We had a whirlwind 10 days in the UK, but managed to catch up with many of our nearest and dearest.. so on to Canada and a new adventure.
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