New York

When we decided to travel across the country from Florida to Long Island in New York we expected that renting a car would be a hassle, boy were we wrong. We went to Hurtz expecting a wide variety of complications that would come our way, and so we arrived a day early to ensure we got our car. We pulled up, and pulled out nearly 10 minutes later! That fast, and that easy, we paid, filled out a form, gave information and chose a mini-van that was perfect. The employees even helped us find one that would be able to travel through snow! We took off on a two day trip across the country from the south to the north. We ended up stopping in several places along the way, none that actually showed up on the map, but we were armed with a camera and everything that could possibly look interesting just had to come home in a scrap-book. So every crooked house, every mountain-side view and anything and everything that caught my wife’s eye was a must take image.

About the time we were passing through Virginia we stopped off the side of the rode and visited some friends. Virginia is a beautiful state, however, at the time it was very cold, which only fueled our desires to make it to Long Island where it would be snowing. We set off a few days later after visiting Mount-Trash-More, a public park that used to be a waste dump, you would never have guessed it.

We arrived in Long Island Patchogue a few thousand pictures later, and the first thing we did was find a place to stay. We searched around for a little until we found a comfortable Holiday Inn to stay at. We then called to make reservations to have a boat ride across the bay to the outer ocean. You can get there by car but by boat is an experience in itself. When we woke in the morning we traveled down to the bay, and we must have taken a hundred pictures of blue clawed crabs before the boat arrived. And then we traveled across the bay and docked at a secluded beach. We went clamming, yes clamming where you wade out into the water and bury you’re tows in the sand, and when you feel the hard shell of a clam you scoop it up with a net. The water was incredibly cold, but we were given wetsuits, now I may be getting old but I can still stand a week or two in the cold weather. Once we had a sufficient amount of clams we took them onto the beach and found one of those metal grills and cooked us a clam meal. We watched the sunset and then traveled back across the back in the dark. It was fantastic, and for the next two days we rinsed and repeated this day.

After spending three days in the cold water clamming and relaxing on the beach we went further north into the mountains, where we went to a ski range. Now this was entertainment, we skied for nearly three days, and at the top of the mountain was the greatest view you will ever see. For as far as the eye could behold there was snow-tipped mountains and beautiful evergreen trees. This is an experience I think everyone should have.

After a full weekend up in the mountains it was time to turn back and head south into the warm weather. The next two days were uneventful, but I think that was the best way to end it. If you are ever looking for somewhere to go, New York is the place, and if your looking for a hassle free rental car service, I recommend Hertz.