The Trail Taken (Second Day, Third Leg)

Sorry it's been more than a week since my last entry...no excuse except too much work and little free time to devote to this odyssey.

First order of business...

"Palisades has the rides, Palisades has the fun...Come on over.

Shows and dancing are free, so's the parking so gee...Come on over.

Palisades from coast to coast, where a dimes buys the most.

Palisades Amusement Park, swings all day and after dark (dum de dum dum dum)

Ride the coaster, get cool in the waves in the pool...

You'll have fun...so come on over"

Thank you, Upstate Annie (and your computer--jogged memory). Now, I am sure all my devoted readers will be humming that little ditty for days!

Back to the trail.



We've reached the point where "the rubber meets the road" almost literally as we're just below the 125th Street exit on the West Side Highway, at the junction where the Highway dips way down and is not almost even with the shoreline of the Hudson. It was this vista, as I was sitting in traffice one-too-many times, that inspired the notion of walking Manhattan from end to end along the River. It looked like such a pleasant way to spend an afternoon, like the glorious one we were currently enjoying as we strolled along the thin combo bike/walking path that is, indeed, very close to the shoreline. And, what an appropriate name for this strech "Cherry Walk" as it has quite a few glorious cherry trees lining the way (wish it were May so that we could see their delicate pink and white blossoms)!

As our fairly merry band--Nature Girl, NG junior, Upstate Annie and me--continue on our way downtown, we are noticing some odd shapes along the shore:


I'm thinking "fishing polls" at first, but then come to realized that we're seeing some pretty unique riverside sculptures. It's time for this blog to get "interactive" and to see if any really is reading it...so vote for your favorite among the three pictures above ... and six below... in the comments area of this blog. I'll award the winning driftwood sculpture the first "WWFF" Gold Medal for best art along the walk.



It may not be the Noguchi Sculpure Park or Storm King, but it certainly did create a little visual excitement as we hoofed through the 110's along the river. We've walked over 100 blocks without leaving the Hudson River shoreline. Can this madness continue?