Our dining room, with Mom & Dad's dining table, chairs, china cabinet and chest.

Mom & Dad's Table, Mirror, Books & candle in our foyer

NYC 5 Boro Ride

NYC 5 boro ride.

I left Murphy on Tuesday 4-26 and drove to Raleigh to spend a day with the Fields. I get to walk the girls to and from school and drive Kate to her class. She called me to say I did not stay long enough to wave to her as she went up the stairs. I thought I had but maybe I just waved to the wrong kid.

On Thursday I took the bus to NYC  leaving at 11am and getting in to NYC at 9:15 with about a half hour layover in Richmond and an hour in DC. The ride was easier and cheaper than driving. At $22.50 round trip it was cheaper than most things these days. One down side to the bus is the Terminals. The terminals are parking lots or curbs. It was not a problem for me this trip but to wait in the elements could be if it were hot, cold, or wet. When you have more time than money it is a great way to go & I would not mind doing it again.

DC Terminal

After quick subway ride to Queens where I met Joe I had a taco from one of his favorite street vendors.

Friday I went to the City to see Evelyn get John’s bike and we all went out to dinner.

Sat Joe took me on an 18 mile bike ride tour of Queens which was fun. My first stop my leg got hung up on the seat and I ended up in the gutter with a knee scratch that was a good match for the one on Kate’s knee. I am not sure which hurt more, my pride or my knee.

The 5 Boro ride was a lot of fun, great weather, well organized, and the flattest 42 mile I ever rode.

Joe who had started training on Sat, had no trouble, his only complaint was a little sun burn.

32,000 riders is huge, we never saw the beginning or the end of the riders. I think at times we could look at least a mile ahead and a mile back and see nothing but riders. In all over 1,300,000 riles were ridden! I think we were in the first or second group of 5,000.

There was a guy in Central park who must have been 40 who was on a skate board going as fast as we were. He would get a tow up inclines from his friends and then zoom past us on the down hills. At one point he jumped off at full speed and did not fall or crash into any riders. That was pretty amazing.

Monday before I returned the bike, I rode around Central Park and then I went back and hung out with Evelyn. We listened to some jazz and got the recipe for big bubbles

Tuesday was the bus trip back to Raleigh where I met up with Mary and stayed until Saturday. I came home to get the grass cut and Mary followed on Monday.