Weekend Adventures

I'm Employed! So my adventures (biking and regular) will have now have to fall on the weekends and holidays. Saturday some friends and I went for a joy ride to Far Rockaway to check out Fort Tilden. Neither any of my friends or I had ever been to Far Rockaway before so it was a bit of an adventure getting there. I don't know how the commute is, but it looked like a nice area (and it was right on the beach). With Hurricane Earl working its way up the east coast the waves were fun to watch.

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Sunday was an Bike Adventure to Mitsuwa in New Jersey. The weather was perfect for riding, so with an bright and early start at 9:30 we rode to Flushing and caught the 7 train into the city. Exiting out at Bryant Park we headed west for the Hudson river green path to make our way up to the George Washington Bridge. The west side green path is such a nice ride (and smooth). I wish I lived in the city then I would be able to ride it every day. Once we got over to the New Jersey side there was a HUGE curvy hill down to Edgewater. When we finally to Mitsuwa food was the only thing on my mind. I really wanted goyza, but I needed meat so I opted for chicken katsu. After eating, browsing and relaxing by the water it was getting late, so we had to figure out how we were going to get back to New York. There was that HUGE hill to face if we were going to back track (which did not sound fun). So on to our options: NY Waterway ferry at 9.50 each (with a bike) or ride down to Hoboken and take the Path. We chose the Path.

Overall it was a little over 33 mile ride (not counting the subway rides).

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