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As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I spent the whole day in transit from LA, returning to NYC. Neither RQS nor I wanted to get up. So we lollygagged a bit, then went out for tacos. One thing about the Ridgewood Taco Factory I can say is that its food is as good as any Mexican food I've had in California. And it was a better choice for food than the bagels RQS might have selected for our meal.
Once done with lunch. we went back to RQS's place, picked up our bags, and proceeded to the bus for our trip to Croton. I had chosen a subway route which would allow us to use "Accessible" stations (elevators from/to street, mezzanine and platform levels), so that neither of us would have to use staircases with our rolling bags. All went well as we transferred from the bus to the subway, and that's where the irritation started. One of us used our transit cards to open the gate used by handicapped people, and a stream of 20 people entered without paying their fares. We encountered some of those people again at the elevator, as these mothers with children took up the space on the elevator for two cycles. Luckily, we still had time to spare before the train to Manhattan came.
We took the train into Manhattan, and got off at Union Square for the next leg of our trip to Grand Central. And this is where we encountered another glitch in our plans - the elevator to the uptown platform was out of service until the summer. So we ended up having to use a staircase after all. I had no problem with the large suitcase that weighed over 50 pounds, but RQS was having trouble with the smaller suitcase that may have weighed 30 pounds. Luckily, some good Samaritan helped RQS with the smaller bag, and we were able to make the train to Times Square, then a transfer onto the shuttle to Grand Central.
Finally, at Grand Central, we were able to take a break for 5 minutes. I was already sweating a little because of my wig and my physical effort, and knew I'd need to take a break when we got to Croton. We ended up taking the local, then caught a cab to finally reach my apartment. Although we later went out for a bite to eat, our day was effectively over, as neither of us had much energy to do anything else but watch reruns of old TV shows before finally going to sleep.
