Sunday the 25th of October

Yesterday (sunday here) was such a great day- Ben (carol's partner) picked me up and we drove over George Washington Bridge, great views north and south of NYC and New Jersey. Drove up the highway which was tree lined and all the leaves are a shade of gold at the moment, as we got into Nyack Ben stopped at this bottle shop that I went to last time we were here- all they stock is beer! So i got a quick dozen different beers to sample-alright.
We got to Carol's place and then walked down to a nearby jetty and Ben took us out in his boat. We went up river for about 30+ mins and looked at the houses and turned around and raced back toward the Tappan Zee Bridge and looked at some more houses. The sky was blue and the tempature was mild.
After this we went for a bite to eat (burger of course & two glasses of Southampton Double White which were all super!) + back to Carols.
Ben and I took off about 6pm to Meadowlands (in New Jersey) to see the New York Giants play the Arizona Cardinals (a cardinal is a stupid little red bird!) and the Giants lost- it was pretty cool to be there amongst 80,000 punters even if they did lose. Something the punters do is turn up early to get a car park and pull out the BBQ and have a feed and a few brews before the game-in part 'cos the price of food in the stadium is so expensive.
It was pretty close and a draw was on the cards right down to the last seconds. The game finished 11pm or so- v. late for a Sunday.
So, thanx Ben and Carol for making it such a top day!