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here's the route, more or less. ended up being about 150 miles all said and done. 7:30 AM until right after 5 PM. a long day, even if broken up with rests here and there.

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looking back towards manhattan from new jersey, along the palisades highway. i think that's the george washington bridge, incidentally very near where i spent the first four years of my life (later on moving further down the island).

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fast forward a bunch and we're now at the croton dam, near croton-on-hudson, ny. it creates one of the aquifers that feeds new york city's voracious appetite for water through its amazing, old system of underground viaducts.

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that's a lot of water.

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from below. the guard at the state park let us in for free, even though it's still technically a season in which admission should be charged.

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what gallery would be complete without a glamour shot of my MP3?

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the whole group's set of rides after we rode a bit on the grass. heh. iirc they are: Vespa LX150, Vespa GTS 250, 1962 Lambretta, Vespa LX150, Suzuki Burgman 650, my Piaggio MP3 250, another Vespa GTS 250, and a Honda Helix frankenmobile.

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group shot minus the photographer (me) on the bridge:

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finally, i shot some video footage at the dam. youtube is taking its sweet time with the uploaded file but with any luck it should be viewable later tonight.

youtube video link by yours truly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpUc-9L0ty4
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the astute reader will note in the actual route map above that i headed back through the bronx and manhattan. no longer am i a nyc-proper riding virgin. drivers there are CRAZY. double parking like mad, texting and swerving, u-turns at random, turning left from the right lane, right from the middle lane. the good thing about this chaos is that over the course of the day i filtered to the front of a super long line of cars waiting to enter the LIE in queens, lane split and generally dodged many double parked cars and trucks, and (best of all) didn't die even despite the best efforts of one particular inattentive minivan driver (twice).
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Lovely - I'm glad to see you have found as much beauty to enjoy on this coast as you did on the west coast! That is a fabulous dam.
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Too bad
I just found this forum and also just got a MP3 250.
The Croton Dam is very close to me. I ride my bicycle through there all the time.
Maybe next time.

Alan
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Re: Too bad
Bikemor wrote:
I just found this forum and also just got a MP3 250.
The Croton Dam is very close to me. I ride my bicycle through there all the time.
Maybe next time.

Alan
Welcome to the world of MP3 and this forum. Both are good news for you and this is the best place to meet up with others. Your new world of enjoyment has just begun.
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Re: Too bad
Bikemor wrote:
I just found this forum and also just got a MP3 250.
The Croton Dam is very close to me. I ride my bicycle through there all the time.
Maybe next time.

Alan
i ride out from Long Island but there's a group that's more local to you:

http://www.backroadsscooterclub.com/forum/
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Ummm....just curious, but is that guy in the middle wearing his jammies?
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You should get a medal.

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