Manhattan – Astoria

By MikeDiazTheFirst

Day 17

Our hotel was pretty no frills. It worked well, close to our route, cheap and nice enough, but no breakfast. I really hope I don’t just sound like I’m complaining all the time. I really don’t mean to but if I’m going to talk about our day, it started with a cup of coffee and…

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Day 16

We woke up early and went across the street for breakfast. When we sat down I was faced with a picture that immediately let me know today would be a better day then yesterday.  After breakfast, back to the room to finish getting ready and head on our way.  We had taken notice of a…

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Day 15

We woke up and headed next door for breakfast. I actually think the ‘great pizza’ place our well informed friend recommend actually had a better breakfast then dinner. We finished getting ready and headed back to America.  A few short miles and we were at the International Bridge. This time I looked ahead to make…

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Day 14

Our room was nice, a suite in fact, with a shared living room and two small bed rooms. Since the restaurant closed so soon after we arrived we took our meal to our room. In the morning we headed over for breakfast only to find our they didn’t start at 8, but 9. Guess we…

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Day 13

The motel put us on the second floor with no elevator. At the end of yesterday I was so excited for a shower I couldn’t care less. This morning we had to carry our bikes down the stairs before we rode anywhere. I used to carry my bike three flights up to my apartment in…

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Day 12

We woke up early and headed to the ferry. There was no real markings and we were kind of half asleep still, so we headed to the line with all the cars. Jerry waited there while I ran inside to ask if we were correct. The woman inside said yes the line outside as if…

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Day 11

No breakfast at the motel so it was a quick getting ready to hit the road. Just about a mile down the road we found a dinner. We parked the bikes and I apparently set my GoPro to take about 900 photos of the inside of my helmet. I had an omelet while Jerry had…

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Day 10

We had a nice dinner last night. It was an odd place, like the nice date night spot for the college, but with live music. More importantly they had pasta and salads. I think our server told the bar tender what we were up to, so he came over to wish us luck and congratulate…

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Day 9

The dorms were comfortable but cold. When my alarm went off I found Jerry in a sheet cocoon. The “breakfast” started at 6:30 but when we got there at 7 nothing was out yet. When they did put stuff out, it was only apples and coffee. Jerry had the cherries he bought a day or…

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Day 8

Today started like most days; breakfast of waffles and juice, maybe a little cereal or toast and some coffee. A woman asking if I was going to use this table. Which I found odd, that I clearly just put my coffee on the table in question. I replied “I was going to”.  And she started…

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