Day 37 Summit to New York City

We got up early and skipped breakfast to avoid some of the expected labor day week-end traffic. Breakfast on the way and we talked about how speed was not important today. Rather we should stay out of trouble and enjoy the last few miles up to Fort Lee and over into Manhattan.

We found George Washington Bridge the only bicycle friendly bridge. Most commuters who want cross the Hudson River take the ferry.

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At rejse er at leve – To travel is to live

Patricia, my oldest daughter got a bracelet on a family vacation some years ago. A cheap copper thing where you could have your own imprint made. Patricia, heavily influenced by her Pop, chose “At rejse er at leve” a quote of Hans Christian Andersen the Danish fairytale writer. I have always, maybe to instill a little patience in my daughters while travelling longer distances, brainwashed them that “The journey is the goal”. Do not get to focused on getting there, when getting there takes so much longer time than crossing the finishing line. I was not aware that there was a statue of H.C. Andersen in Central Park, but Troels remembered it yesterday and said it would be a good stop on the way down to the hotel.

So how big an anticlimax is it to suddenly be here? If feels strange and the mind suddenly gets busy to design a future beyond today. Today has been so much a goal that not many thoughts have been devoted to what should happen the coming weeks and months. It is alright. The feeling right now is more one of having written a fairytale over 5 weeks than feeling empty. Let us see if there are any longer term side effects.

The protocol broken again

After check-in at the hotel, we went down to Battery Park to see if we could find a place to dip our front tire into a piece of water which is close to the Atlantic Ocean. That was not a success, as there is a rail and a good distance down to the water. Instead we took a photo with the Statue of Liberty in the background and went back to the hotel to enjoy Happy Hour in the roof top bar.

Is that it?

The arrow has crossed the continent now and we are just two people staying a couple of nights in New York City before we fly home on Monday. And who wants to hear about sightseeing in New York? I have written much too little about Bruce Springsteen and I also have a little bit of advice to 325 million Americans of which we have met a few, so if I am in the mood tomorrow, there could come a final post.