Labor Day Adventure
My original plans for the Labor Day weekend fell through last week, so I had to scramble to Plan B.
I called my friend Mike, and suggested we ride our motorcycles to New Jersey, visit my mother and sister-in-law, and go to a Yankee game. Mike was good to go, so off we went.
Pre departure checkout
The ride up was mostly uneventful. We grabbed lunch at Arby’s in Delaware, tried for the Cape May ferry (too long a wait), and continued up the I-295 in southern Jersey. And the games began.
The rain started around Camden, as a light mist. By the time we got to Trenton, it was a pouring rain, and starting to work its way around the seems of our rain suits. We exited 295 and headed up US 130. By New Brunswick, the wind started to pick up. And how.
We rode the NJ Turnpike from exit 9 to exit 11, soaked to the bone, in a 40 mph cosswind. We were blown several times into adjacent lanes, and once almost into a concrete sound wall. Speeds in excess of 45 mph were beyond comprehension. I was very cold, but too scared to notice.
At exit 11, we switched to the Garden State Parkway, and the change in direction switched a 90 degree cross wind to a 30 degree tail wind. What. A. Relief.
Still, the rain came, and we soldiered on, arriving in Ridgewood around six. I felt lucky to be alive.
Sunday morning, after a 4 mile run around town, Mike and I re-mounted the Hogs and set out for Yankee Stadium.
Are You Ready For Some Baseball?
We took NJ 17 to NJ4 to the George Washington Bridge to the Major Deegan Expressway to Yankee Stadium. It took about 20 minutes. Parking was easy, but consider this: we parked in a Stadium garage, they charged us 13 bucks apiece, and we didn’t even get a parking space! I am really not complaining, because the bikes were safe, but what a racket!
Safe and sound in the garage at Yankee Stadium
We walked around the Stadium, soaked in the atmosphere, and had a Bass Ale at the Yankee Tavern.
Good seats afforded us this view:
12x optical zoom produced this shot of future Hall-of-Famer Derek Jeter:
12x optical x 3x digital zoom produced this:
And finally, the ballgame was terrific. Alex Rodriguez hit two booming homerun shots to centerfield, Bobby Abreu had three doubles, and the Yanks won 10-1. What a day.
I called my friend Mike, and suggested we ride our motorcycles to New Jersey, visit my mother and sister-in-law, and go to a Yankee game. Mike was good to go, so off we went.
Pre departure checkout
The ride up was mostly uneventful. We grabbed lunch at Arby’s in Delaware, tried for the Cape May ferry (too long a wait), and continued up the I-295 in southern Jersey. And the games began.The rain started around Camden, as a light mist. By the time we got to Trenton, it was a pouring rain, and starting to work its way around the seems of our rain suits. We exited 295 and headed up US 130. By New Brunswick, the wind started to pick up. And how.
We rode the NJ Turnpike from exit 9 to exit 11, soaked to the bone, in a 40 mph cosswind. We were blown several times into adjacent lanes, and once almost into a concrete sound wall. Speeds in excess of 45 mph were beyond comprehension. I was very cold, but too scared to notice.
At exit 11, we switched to the Garden State Parkway, and the change in direction switched a 90 degree cross wind to a 30 degree tail wind. What. A. Relief.
Still, the rain came, and we soldiered on, arriving in Ridgewood around six. I felt lucky to be alive.
Sunday morning, after a 4 mile run around town, Mike and I re-mounted the Hogs and set out for Yankee Stadium.
Are You Ready For Some Baseball?
We took NJ 17 to NJ4 to the George Washington Bridge to the Major Deegan Expressway to Yankee Stadium. It took about 20 minutes. Parking was easy, but consider this: we parked in a Stadium garage, they charged us 13 bucks apiece, and we didn’t even get a parking space! I am really not complaining, because the bikes were safe, but what a racket!Safe and sound in the garage at Yankee Stadium
We walked around the Stadium, soaked in the atmosphere, and had a Bass Ale at the Yankee Tavern.
Good seats afforded us this view:
12x optical zoom produced this shot of future Hall-of-Famer Derek Jeter:
12x optical x 3x digital zoom produced this:
And finally, the ballgame was terrific. Alex Rodriguez hit two booming homerun shots to centerfield, Bobby Abreu had three doubles, and the Yanks won 10-1. What a day.
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