Day 0-Crossing the George Washington bridge into Manhattan to START this year's ride
Day 0 - Jill (a CA work colleague) and my sister Tammie arrive from NJ for a pre-ride around Manhattan
a few other NYCDC riders came over for a day of sight-seeing
Day 0 - showed Tammie the ESAR finish (prior to the '09 route)
Cycling West Side Trail past Ground Zero
Strawberry Fields - Central Park
Grant's Tomb
"Let Us Have Peace". Imagine.
Tammie chills on the art
Jon & Tammie chatting up the Park dept guard at Grant's tomb before heading back to the ferry
Mingling with the commuter crowd
leaving on the ferry from Wall Street pier
Day 1-Gathering in front of the Blue Bay Inn (Atlantic Highlands, NJ), waiting for the rest of the riders to ferry over from Wall St
Day 1 - Marty starts her first, daily safety speech...
... don't forget "...you could die"
Just like riding a bike, Tam! Yep, it's her first time back on a ride since 2001.
Puget Sound Riders Linda, Mary & Jon
Day 2 - Storm delay. Time to play Bingo!
Who knew there were so many ways to play?!
Day 2 - High and dry on our cabin porches
soooooo grateful for a warm, dry lodge to wait out the storm...
...and dry the bike shoes!!
"Le Doc" Mark works out Tammie's kinks
Elizabeth sings while Jon gestures N-Y-C-D-C
"the tree fell right behind us"
Valentine - He sweeps up the porch AND the road!
Time to leave our dry cabins
Day 2 - boarding bus to drier land
Most of the waterproofing is gone but that rain jacket still glows!
Dr. Wu joins the "ride" to drier ground
Day 2 - Not so much rain but headwinds!
Jill trained in CA but took the wind & rain like a pro!
Tammie's always smiling
Day 2 - Tammie, Jill and a swirl of purple marlins on the beach at Cape May
Tammie & Jill at Cape May
sisters at the lighthouse
Gary MUST swim this year...
Tracy must not!
Marty captures "GiGi's" departure
a stroll through touristy Cape May
Day 2 - Camp near Cape May, NJ
Have banner will travel...again
Puget Sound Riders celebrate our 10th riding season together.
camp fire tonight
Day 3 - Cape May-Lewes Ferry
It's RED (dress) Day!
We missed Shane & Ross but Chad found some terrific ponytail partner stand-ins this year.
Ben did Caitlin's boa proud!
Tammie's no stranger to ferry riding
Tammie & Liz
"When the guy on the left finds a cure for AIDS we will all look back on this picture and this moment with even greater glee." -Marty Rosen
so we put Ms. Rosen in this shot!
Preston's Mayor came to greet us at today's PM rest stop.
Jill and I bow to the headwinds
arriving at our Tilghman Island "camp"
happy it's happy hour
Tonight's CRAB FEED!
My favorite east coast siblings - Laura & Dan
Everyone's invited to sign the PSR yearbook
Dr. Wu pens our first Chinese signature
Puget Sound Rider, Liz Fehrenbach has been a rider in the past and held many different crew spots. This year was her first on the medical crew as a newly minted RN!
dawn of Day 4
Packin' up for the final day
Nurse Liz and her dad, Jon
About to finish our 10th ride together
DC Riders
Puget Sound Riders
Tammie and the good Dr. Wu
Hydration. Check.
Boarding the Patriot for our Chesapeake crossing
Riders bid the crew farewell
They say they'll meet us on the other side (?)
Chesapeake Beach, MD shore ahead
busiest drawbridge in the country
we send birthday greetings too :)
unexpected climbing day has its rewards
Dr.Wu declares, " I like the hills"
Bus past dangerous roads to Virginia
Bus drops us at trailhead into DC...but we had to wait for 2 late bikes, including mine!!!
our arrival at the Lincoln Memorial
Tammie & I back in the Nation's Capitol
deja vu
Dr. Wu joins us at the spot where Marty, Barry, Tim and I last gathered on Inauguration Day!
one block to the finish
Arrival at the Post Massachusetts finish line
Marjorie & her son Dan (camp crew) enjoyed last month's ride (ESAR) so much they signed up and quickly raised the money to return for this one!
GMU mascot enjoys the rooftop celebration
Dr. Wu and his wife, DongYang
Marty shares closing thoughts and congratulations
Tammie's sorority sister came to collect her.
Time for sidewalk bike packing
Post-ride visit to Arlington Cemetery finds fitting words left behind by RFK
