September 1, 2017
States: 1 (New York)
Capitals: 1 (Albany, NY)
Distance Traveled: 67 miles today / 1,349 miles total
Time Traveled: 2 hrs today / 28 hrs total
After the upgrades to Toasty, we went down the road to Albany. The outskirts of the city were nothing impressive - just some small 2-3 story blocks with restaurants and apartments, but the true center of the city was amazing! Huge office buildings, castle type architecture and stately columns combine to form a sophisticated yet antique look. The capitol itself is a Gothic type building that has a much different look from any of the capitols that we have seen. Behind the capitol lies a huge reflecting pond, surrounded by other impressive buildings - four identical, tall government buildings on one side of the pond in a row and an oblong shaped theater on the other side called The Egg. All in all, we were very impressed with the city and surrounding parks.
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| Grasshopper tacos! We found a local Mexican place just down the main street from the capitol in Albany. |
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| Instead of kicking, we took it easy in front of the Albany capitol. Well, we actually did our kicks as well, but we wanted to change it up a bit. |
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| The reflecting pond with the capitol in the background, The Egg (a theater) on the right, and 2 of the 4 identical government buildings on the left. This area was really impressive and turned out to be one of our favorite capitols. |
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| Down the main street from the capitol into the business district. |
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| Some of the typical streets leaving the capitol and heading through the edge of Albany. |
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| One campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) at the bottom of the hill in Albany. |
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| The sleeping platform - it has many nooks and crannies with storage underneath, allowing us to sleep in the car while keeping our things below. It was custom designed by RamblerDan, a Honda Element enthusiast that had to get rid of his car, so he wanted someone else to be able to use his creations. (Photocredit: RamblerDan) |
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| With the newly installed sleeping platform and our bags stuffed underneath. |
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