The Big Apple; and THE BIG SCARE

July 15-17; Croton on the Hudson and New York City. After Rhode Island we headed to Westchester County north of New York. We had decided to camp at a county park right on the Hudson River called Croton on the Hudson. To get there we had mapped out our route up north along the river on a route we thought would be fine. All of a sudden as we are driving along, we see a sign just prior to an overpass that says, "11' 1"" Our RV is 12' 6"!!!! Just as I am braking and hitting my flashers, all in a panic, a truck passes us and goes right through! We then realized that the left lane was safe; only the right lane had the low clearance. The overpass was arched. So we moved over to the left lane and made it. Then we saw another one, still very nervous, and almost couldn't get over to the left lane before we finally decided to just stay in the left lane. The whole thing was quite a bit more nerve racking than I can even express here for some reason, and we were more than a bit relieved to reach our destination. I really should write to the NY Dept of Transportation and ask them why their signs don't say, "Right Lane, 10' 1"? It might prevent some accidents, or at least panicked drivers. Once we made it to the park, it was quite nice. On Friday we planned to take the 45 minute train ride to Grand Central Station in the city to see if we could get tickets to a Broadway play, a first for our kids. We waited in line for the discounted same day tickets and got tickets to Mary Poppins. After getting our tickets we had dinner at Carnegie's Deli, famous for it's outrageously large $16 sandwiches. The hot pastrami is incredible, as is the strawberry cheesecake. The play was fantastic - big time Broadway with dancers walking up walls and across the ceiling and Mary Poppins flying out over the audience. Great music; great dancing; and a fabulous cast. We loved it.