Troy Sebastian here. I went for a very long ride on Saturday with my master's dad and the Raleigh. We all heard that NYC was closing about 7 miles to cars so that people could ride their bikes or run through the streets or whatever they chose to do. So of course, we took this opportunity to go for a nice, long ride without any threat of cars and those crazy drivers!

The ride was pretty quick and we reached Central Park without too much effort. We rode from the Financial District up to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and up to Harlem. Then we went around and as we were heading downtown, there was a long hill that was taking too much out of the riders. So we decided to stop and have a rest.. drink some water, etc. I even hydrated myself with the water fountain!

As we finished conquering the uphills and downhills, we rode passed a small body of water. It was very pleasing to the eye, so I added to the pleasantry of the scene.

We got off at 59th Street and made a quick stop at the Columbus Circle. There were so many people and cars! We were on the streets that weren't closed off to the cars, so we were on high alert as we rode through traffic.

We headed back to the West Side Highway.. again. This seems to be a tradition for me - that every time I ride in NY, I have to be on the West Side Highway. And another tradition is that I keep going higher than the last time!

Elaine thought it would be cool if I "parked' myself under this sign for a picture:

Nearing 125th Street, we took a quick break. We were contemplating on how far we could keep riding.. and we kept in mind that we had to ride back, still. While we were talking it over, Elaine took a picture of my shadow. I wish she had told me she was going to take the picture.. I would've shown my better side.

So we pushed ourselves and went to the George Washington Bridge! And we saw a Little Red Lighthouse, which is a historical landmark.

As we headed back to downtown, Elaine wanted to take a picture with me and the George Washington Bridge. She put me behind her because she didn't want me to take all the attention in the picture. Better luck next time!

Here's her father and the Raleigh riding along West Side Highway:

And like last time, Elaine wanted a wafel & dinges. This might be a tradition for her..?

As we were passing near the Intrepid area, I saw something that did NOT belong in the bike lane:

So our entire ride all throughout New York City today was 43.16 miles. I'm pretty proud of us.. I could've gone further. A major factor in our great progress was that the weather was just marvelous. It was never too hot and it wasn't humid. It was great riding weather and the Hudson River gave us a great breeze when the sun beamed on us.