Hi, we are back!

We had breakfast at the hotel, I had the kid’s plate today, Si had his usual breakfast sandwich and then we set off for Lake Placid. It was sunny and warmer at 63ºF (17ºC) and as we expected it to be cold in Lake Place, we donned our winter woollies! 🥶

We travelled through New York, into Pennsylvania and back into New York.

Also saw signs for Amsterdam, Hague, Worcester, Chester, Bolton and Rotterdam. Nice to see such familiar place names along the way!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ve been noticing a lot of Florida licence plates on this trip! We wonder if perhaps they live in New York and go to Florida for the winter? Answers on a postcard please! 😂

Also, we noticed on our trip that New York has a new tolling system, Cashless Tolling. It’s meant to reduce congestion, enhance safety and reduce pollution! All it did for us was to cause confusion! We don’t know if we were charged or not. Guess Hertz will let us know at some point. Mind you, as Hertz thought we were driving a different car anyway, it will be interesting to see what happens! They closed down the rental while we were still driving the Lincoln Navigator and thought we were driving a Corolla and the reservation has disappeared from their system. You couldn’t make it up! Good job we can laugh! 😂

Here are a few more photos taken during our five-hour trip!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had quite an uneventful drive, apart, of course, from a few roadworks, to the Mirror Lake Inn, Lake Placid but unfortunately, that all changed when we arrived!

We checked in, the Mirror Lake Inn is just fabulous, staff very friendly. Went back out to move the car and it just wouldn’t start! 😱

Very long story short, Si called Hertz, not very satisfactory. They called the local garage, who were great, they came out and got it started. It seemed to be a computer problem. We didn’t want to keep a car we couldn’t rely on so we asked Hertz for a replacement. Yes, that’s okay but they wouldn’t deliver it to the hotel. We had to drive to Burlington Airport to exchange it. Shout our for Seth C. at Hertz, he was great and did everything he possibly could do to help us.

The whole journey took five hours. We didn’t get back to the hotel until 11 p.m. We’d only had breakfast and it was too late for dinner.

Still, we visited another state along the way, Vermont! Very pretty.

We thought we could stop somewhere en-route for a quick bite but even McDonalds was closed! The season hasn’t completely started yet. 🤷‍♀️

Oh, and when Si drove out of the Inn on our trip to Burlington Airport, he was on the wrong side of the road again! Of course, a car came round the corner, he must have been in total shock as Si realised and swerved to the right! 😱

The journey back to the Inn was awful. It was pitch black, no road lights, driving on very bendy roads in a car we’d just collected. Hertz will be receiving a very long letter when we get back. 🤬

There’s a lot more to the story that I won’t bore you with! 🥱

Tomorrow can only ger better! Right!🤞

As always, thanks for reading. 🤗