What is your favorite time of year for cycling?
For me, the answer has varied throughout my life. I guess it had a lot to do with my over-arching mood at that time in my life. For example, I have loved Fall riding at different times for the colorful foliage, the sunset light that simmers into a chill, or just the melancholy (definition: aesthetically sad) feeling.
Right now, I might say the month of May because--ironically--because of its colors, which include many shades of purple. But one thing I truly love is that there is more daylight with each day: a trend that will continue until late in June, when Summer begins.
Those extra minutes and hours of daylight mean that even if I am busy during the morning and afternoon, I can take a ride late in the day. I have lights, but I prefer to ride in daylight whenever I can.
Which I did yesterday. After pedaling to the World Trade Center, I took the PATH train to Jersey City and rode down to Bayonne, where I crossed the bridge into Staten Island--and the Ferry.
I took these photos with my iPhone. Depending on which way I turned, each was recorded as a different locality. This one is recorded as "Bayonne"
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and these are "Brooklyn"
Even this
which is every tourist's vision of the Manhattan skyline, is marked "Brooklyn." I took all of those photos within a couple of minutes, from the ferry deck, and did nothing more than turn at a slightly different angle with each shot.
Ironically, I would ride through Brooklyn on my way home.
