Today's ride took me through, among other places, Randall's Island.
There I saw two guys and two bikes by the East River:
Behind them was the Gate of Hell--or, more precisely, the Hell Gate Bridge:
Underneath Hell Gate was a "Native Plant Garden." Somehow it seemed a bit of an oxymoron. Still, it was lovely.
I especially liked this particular flower:
After the reverie of seeing it, I pedaled across the newly-reopened 106th Street Bridge onto a newly-reopened (but not entirely repaired) path/greenway along the river in Manhattan--East Harlem, to be exact. After climbing the shallow but steady climb through Harlem, Hamilton Heights and Washington Heights, I crossed the George Washington Bridge to the New Jersey Palisades.
After more riding through New Jersey and Staten Island, I thought I'd gotten away from the Gate of Hell. Well, maybe I got away from the fire of it--but I couldn't escape the mist.
And then, finally, I got some advice upon re-entering Manhattan.
Back to the guys and their bike--and Tosca, the bike that took me through these adventures:
There I saw two guys and two bikes by the East River:
Behind them was the Gate of Hell--or, more precisely, the Hell Gate Bridge:
Underneath Hell Gate was a "Native Plant Garden." Somehow it seemed a bit of an oxymoron. Still, it was lovely.
I especially liked this particular flower:
After the reverie of seeing it, I pedaled across the newly-reopened 106th Street Bridge onto a newly-reopened (but not entirely repaired) path/greenway along the river in Manhattan--East Harlem, to be exact. After climbing the shallow but steady climb through Harlem, Hamilton Heights and Washington Heights, I crossed the George Washington Bridge to the New Jersey Palisades.
After more riding through New Jersey and Staten Island, I thought I'd gotten away from the Gate of Hell. Well, maybe I got away from the fire of it--but I couldn't escape the mist.
And then, finally, I got some advice upon re-entering Manhattan.
Back to the guys and their bike--and Tosca, the bike that took me through these adventures:
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