here's to twenty years...

Where have I been?

Vacation....I took the kids to Newport, Rhode Island for the long weekend to visit my husband. He is there for a three week school before he leaves for Japan. We drove 13 hours on Friday to get there and we were completely exhausted when we finally arrived. It should have taken 7 and half hours but the traffic was crazy. Newport was great...I love it there. I have lots of great pictures to share! We left to come back yesterday, Tuesday. The drive was going great until noon yesterday...we came to a dead stop four miles before the George Washington bridge in New York. Two hours later, we had traveled less than a mile. It was crazy...the signs said the bridge had closed due to an accident and to take an alternate route...oh my...we had to go the bathroom really bad and we had to exit...in the Bronx. There was no other choice. Things got interesting~ {scary actually}...but after driving around scared to death my mother in law called and said to find the police station~ they would help. That was one place I will never forget. My kids faces were priceless....scared beyond belief. They had just arrested three young boys {for who knows what} and they were being booked. They took us back there to go to the bathroom, where they were booking them! After waiting for the bathroom about 15 minutes {they were in there with the boys they arrested and I can just imagine what was going on in there} they let us go to the bathroom. My oh my...scary doesn't even begin to describe it. The whole time I keep saying to the boys "we will laugh about this later"...praying we would have the chance. What had I gotten myself into? I felt so bad thinking of the situation we were in ~with my three young kids. My four old was clueless...she said loudly she wanted a tattoo on her arm like that ladies! And she keep asking what that smell was...

We left the police station and tried to get back on 95 to the bridge...it still wasn't moving. After driving around trying to figure out what to do for longer, we were still right back in the same spot...which was not where we needed to be. We sat in that traffic for almost five hours. We needed gas badly and I found the best looking station possible. That's when I decided we were not going home. I headed back to Connecticut. The opposite way but I had to get out of there. I knew how to get to Greenwich and I was so happy to arrive in this lovely sweet town! We are at an outrageously expensive hotel but it's safe and clean and just what I needed. It's actually a fabulous place~ I'm waiting for the kids to wake up as I'm overlooking the harbor. The door to the balcony is open with a beautiful view and a wonderful breeze. It's perfect. We will attempt to go home today and I have found a new route. I'm not taking anymore chances. Keep your fingers crossed for us. I hope tomorrow I am at home blogging away about something fun and photography related. Sorry for the lack of post.

Did I mention yesterday was my twenty year wedding anniversary? yes....twenty years...what an anniversary to remember in so many ways!