Erie PA, which is much prettier than "Dreary Erie, the Mistake on the Lake" rhyme makes it sound like
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Biking around the outside of Manhattan from my first hotel to my second
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Statue of Liberty in the distance
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Nice park along the great bike path that goes around Manhattan
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Had beautiful weather my entire trip
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Hanging in this little park space waiting for my hotel. This is the South Seaport area which I really like.
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Biking along the east side of Manhattan. This was very close to my hotel.
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This is the balcony in my hotel. You couldn't see the sky nor the ground.
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Start of the Five Boro Bike Tour
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Boro #1: Manhattan
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Had nice spacing here
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Boro #2: Bronx Only in the Bronx for a very short time
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Boro #3 Queens
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The Astoria Park water stop in Queens
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It's hard to grasp the chaos of this
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Boro #4 Brooklyn
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Brooklyn water stop
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Boro #5: Staten Island at the end of the ride
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Line waiting to get on the ferry. If you ever do this ride, skip the end festival and go directly to the ferry to minimize your wait time.
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Total time and distance for the ride.
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Trying to get a good shot of the Statue of Liberty from the ferry
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The ferry ride was actually enjoyable
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In the distance, the Verrazano Narrows bridge which you ride over to get to Staten Island.
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I'm literally sitting under the Brooklyn Bridge
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And reading a book. Was a really nice way to spend a morning.
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Continuing my vacation of biking and reading. Here I'm in Prospect Park in Brooklyn
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