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| The Brooklyn Bridge, I have no idea why Blogger uploaded these pictures in this order... |
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| I wish the stranger photographer with my camera had asked me to pull my shorts and tshirt down...just sayin... |
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| This is a shot of the middle of the bridge, notice the crowd grows at 10 am |
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| The OTHER side of the bridge, into Manhattan |
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| Headin to the Hudson River Park Trail |
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| This was a market just a block from the Hudson River Trail filled with children and parents... |
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| This was the first part of the Hudson River Trail... it's totally away from traffic except for some turn in's to the piers along the way... |
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| This is one of several families we saw on the trail and in the farmers market....fun times! Chloe would love this! |
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| This was a tennis court we went by...and yes, I took most of these on the bike while riding, it was kinda questionable at one point, but for being on the bike from 10 am to 4 pm, it wasn't that bad and it was a great workout, just sayin.... |
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| This was a chanting company of soldiers that ran by on the Hudson Park Trail |
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| This trapeze school reminded me of one of my favorite episodes of Sex in the City |
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| This building was on the edge of Central Park, home to Time Warner...I didn't see a celebrity but we weren't there for long..... |
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| This is the lunch place we "happened upon", it had calorie counts on the menu, very interesting and it was delish! |
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| I believe this is Jackie telling me that it's safe to ride in traffic with cabs because of the green lane to his right, and well, he was right. Totally safe, yes, I was worried that I did not have my big, orange flag on my cruiser, just sayin.... |
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| We realized after a few blocks down the "designated" bike lane on Broadway, that there was this long, long flea market for many blocks and the closer we got to Sean P. Diddy Combs on the Times Square Billboard, we were ready to make a right and get back on the Hudson River Park Trail and we did! |
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| This is another view I took from behind Jackie when we were at a stop sign...have I said it yet that 99% of my photos were on my bike behind Jackie?? |
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| This was on the other side of Times Square just before we headed back to the easy, Hudson River Park Trail |
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| This was going on as we passed by, looks like Yoga.. good for them...what a fabulous, healthy choice! |
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| Another close picture of Times Square |
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| This is the one of the new towers being built...it sits on the World Trade Center spot...the memorial is just blocks away |
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| This is Trinity Church that withstood the 911 disaster with little damage. It's an Episcopalian church built in 1697, that's not a typo, 1697 is correct. It was beautiful! |
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| I cannot make tacky comments but I want to about the GREED ON WALL STREET... I hope Chloe's college money will be there for her 2019 freshman year... |
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| Holy Smokes, my camera taking photos.... |
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| This was a dog park near the Manhattan Bridge on the East River Park Trail.... |
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| Jackie asked me to stop and take a photo of this First Chinese Presbyterian Church in Chinatown |
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| This is the bike trail over the Manhattan Bridge...an easy ride back over to Brooklyn |
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| This was Jackie's bike he used to cycle our 6 hour trip |
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| My rented cruiser bike.....it was fabulous! And from Bike Brooklyn Bike Shop...who gave us GREAT insight and tips. We loved ya'll! |
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| This joker was in Brooklyn just blocks from our FABULOUS RENTAL that was so affordable it should have been a crime...I took this for Kyle.... |
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| The view of our fabulous street in Brooklyn.... |
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| This was the end of our Brooklyn trip on the steps of our rental.... |
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| This is the view heading over the Brooklyn Bridge at 10 am... |
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| This was some sort of wedding coming across from Manhattan to Brooklyn, we cracked up, the lanes were not populated like later...BTW |
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| The closer we got to the middle, the bigger the crowd grew and at 10 am it looked like this crowd of people were raising funds for a cause there.... I do love that... |
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| This was a view from the Brooklyn Bridge over to the Manhattan Bridge on our way to NYC...it was a great photo and little did I know we would be in NYC all day! The bike lanes were easy and absolutely fabulous and totally safe. Have I mentioned yet that we had NO HELMETS ON? They aren't required for adults in New York but kids under 13 they are required. Helmets are not required in Arkansas either but they should be and in Cross County you shouldn't EVER RIDE EVER without a helmet AND a flag....we have to get our drivers educated that cyclists (and motorcycles) are on the road! |
Jackie and I were in New York for a wedding of one of his roommates from Vanderbilt. Mark Bechtel and Elana tied the knot at the Brooklyn Historical Society. They live in Brooklyn, which was absolutely awesome. We toured around the city and had great times at many restaurants and stayed at a fabulous apartment on Lafayette Street. (More details to come) The rental had a bicycle that we took over to the city. I rented a cruiser from Bike Brooklyn and we spent 6 hours over in the city. MapMyRide said we biked 23 miles. It didn't feel that long because we were seeing the city. What a great way to see the city and use the bike lanes all over town! I took over 100 photos from the weekend and most of the photos I've shared on this post are from the bicycle behind Jackie. Enjoy and get a bike, ya'll! :)
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