WOOO HOOO NY!!

Lil Foot and I have made it to NY! We stayed with my Uncle Craig and Aunt Karen last night in Long Island, thanks again for housing us last minute and then for the yummy pizza and chicken roll. After a delightful night's sleep we dragged our butts through the 96 degree and made it to Brooklyn.... WOOOHOOO!!!! Before making it to my house, we stopped off to see Julie Carita (my step mom) for lunch, or should I say for an insane amount of food. Julie must of thought we could eat an entire watermelon ourselves but we failed. Either way lunch was great and we stuck around to say hi to my little brothers which was great since I hadn't seen them in almost a month.

Finally after all the great treatment from the Long Island Caritas, it was time to see my mommy (Eileen Tynion) and some visiting relatives! The heat was soooo gross today, Lil Foot and I definitely produced more sweat today then any other day so far, which led us to hop on the LIRR for a piece of the trip to cool off. NO THIS IS NOT CHEATING. hahaha We make up the rules and the rules are there are no rules, we plan everyday as they come. The LIRR brought us into Brooklyn but not to my house, so it was time to get back on the saddle and finish off the day with a bit over 40 miles total. Once again covered in sweat we made it to my house!

Lil Foot got the chance to meet my Great Aunt Margret and Uncle Eddie (in from Texas), Great Aunt Juliann (Bill Tynion's Step Mom - he was mentioned in an earlier post for hosting us in NH), cousin Katie Walsh (my favorite theater going buddy) and my Grandma (need I say more)! Lil Foot had no idea this part of the trip would include soo many of my relatives, but neither did I, it was absolutely a GREAT surprise. Eileen had the fridge stocked for us but of course the first thing we grabbed was an ice cold beer to start us off while getting cleaned up! THANK YOU MOMMY!!!

When our little visit with my extended family was over it was time to stuff our faces, and what better way than some take out from Skinflints. My sister Katie Carita joing us for dinner. Lil Foot had chix scampi while I had chix marsala and we brought our dinner over to my brother, Jerry, and sis in law, Steph's house where I got to see my LITTLE NUGGET NEPHEW, GERARD!!!!! LOVE THAT LITTLE NUGGET!!!!!!!!!!! He's gotten soo big in the last 2 and a half weeks since I last saw him. As long as he's not walking by the time I get back then I think I'll be able to live off of the daily pictures I get.

The plan now is to take two days off from riding and tweek out a few odds and ends with our equipment and anything else we can think of. Also spending a couple days with friends and family before leaving for about 10-11 weeks will get me in the right mind set for the rest of the summer. After all, a couple of days with the people I call friends is more than enough.... KIDDING. I love you guys.

I think I've talked enough for tonight. Lil Foot even fell asleep after I began this blog entry, so I'll take that as a sign to go to bed, MY BED!!!!!

NIGHTY NIGHT.

Laterz,
SASQ