A week ago Saturday (10/7), my friend Jay took me on a bike
ride along the entire west side of Manhattan, and it was great! We had a beautiful day (75 degrees and partly
cloudy) and the ground was mostly level—perfect for a neophyte rider! Jay rides quite a bit, and he slowed down his
pace a bunch for me, which I appreciated. (I sometimes wondered how he could
even stay upright at that pace…) I
rented a bike in the Midtown West area (see map), then rode a few blocks west
until we hit the bike/walk/jog trail that runs up the entire west side of
Manhattan along the Hudson River. It was
generally a pretty peaceful ride in spite of the congestion in a few places
(this is the most populated borough of NYC after all!). I especially enjoyed the times when we could
ride side-by-side and talk! We rode
north first, up to the George Washington Bridge, where we ate lunch at the
little red lighthouse under the bridge, turned around and headed south to the very
south end of Manhattan, then retraced our tracks back north to 50th
street and returned the bike. Jay says
Manhattan is about 15 miles long, so the ride was about 30 miles in all. Surprisingly, I was still able to walk with
hardly a limp the next day, and luckily I didn’t need to come near a bike
seat! It was wonderful to see the beauty
of the Hudson River and New Jersey coast on one side, and the striking architecture
of Manhattan on the other! A day to remember!!!
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We rode the entire west side twice. The guy on the right just looked
so 'Metro' I had to take a picture! Loafers, no socks, rolled skinny
jeans, tailored jacket, sunglasses...
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The starting point on the Hudson (now Diane wants to go kayaking
there).
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| Looking south somewhere near where Sulley landed the plane |
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| Looking north at the George Washington Bridge and NJ. |
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| The lighthouse under the GW Bridge. Jay says all grade school children in NYC read this book. |
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(I was just acting tired for the picture...) Note the tan legs. LWR picture: looking south from the lighthouse. Manhattan on the left, Jersey City on the right
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| Jay and me |
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Looking south at the south end on Manhattan. Note the Statue
of Liberty behind the rescue statues.
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| Looking north from the south end of Manhattan |
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| Carnegie Hall on the way back to the subway. |
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