We had to get an early start to make it to NYC in time to get a 'good' spot in the pack. Up at 4:40, out the door at 4:45.
We loaded the truck the night before so all we had to do was slide into the backseat to be shuttled at rocket-like speeds by GUDG's stepdad into the city.
It was a little bit of a challenge to find a place to park, no surprise with 30-40,000 people showing up for this ride.
GUDG, BBW, Garden Girl, GUDG's Stepdad and I lined up a couple blocks back from the start and sat back to wait. And wait.
GardenGirl needed something use something to stop from getting her pants tangled in the chain. A piece of rope worked well.
When they finally said "Go!", we all had to wait some more. I guess all these people don't get going that fast. Here we are finally moving along pretty well in manhatten:
The ride was okay, though I would guess we spend half the time riding and other half waiting around. We must have waited for an hour just about a block from central park while they funnelled all these people onto a 1 lane road through the park. It was cold... people were getting restless.
The park was pretty nice, somehow I didn't take any pictures in there. After that we went up and over the Queensboro bridge:
After all this riding/waiting I was starting to get hungry and we stopped at White Castle. What better way to fuel up than a handful of belly bombers, french fries, and a coke. We aren't 'Nutritional Role Models' either.
Not too far away was the official rest stop in Astoria Park. Here's GardenGirl and BBW:
A pile of recycling, and a view of the bridge:
BBW and GUDG giving the thumbs up to get back to riding:
So we headed out along the river under the bridge.
Looks like I can't add any more pictures to this post so... I'll start another one. Be right back...
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