Fishkill to Manhattan
Click on this for the route We finished the trip today. It was a shock to ride on the 9W, the upper part of which has the friendly bike symbol on it but in reality has no hard shoulder and cars streaming by you, some disconcertingly close. The cool thing is riding across the Hudson again and round Bear mountain. To our shame we did not climb Bear mountain: I had a lunch rendevous with my long suffering family and Bugs and Jeff were very considerate in getting back to NYC in time. We stopped at Nyack and the "Runcible Spoon", the furthest point for every serious road cyclist who rides out of Manhattan of a Saturday morning. Suddenly we were surrounded by lots of lycra and carved calf muscles. It's quite the scene and there's some serious posturing that goes on. Luckily I could show off my tan lines and felt right at home. We felt some smugness in the distance we had travelled even though most of these guys were twice as fit as us. Back on the road
