Day One, Blood, Sweat, But no Tears!

Wow! It was an amazing day. We did get a late start waiting for a police escort. We rode into Manhatten and headed to Times Square. On the edge of 42nd and Broadway Nick decided to give his regards to Broadway by leaving a blood smear! He avoided a pothole and hit the shiny paint stripe in the road swerved, disengaged his feet and tossed the bike in order not to get hit and not have his bike hit by a car. His left knee and elbow took a hard hit. We went on the ferry over to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We then crossed into New Jersey and rode into Somerset. Tamie had to get off her bike because her chain got stuck in her frame. They had her ride the bus for a bit and she grabbed someone else's bike and finished until Nick could fix her bike. Way to go Tamie! We rode parade style, two by two until we were out of the city and then we all just booked. A couple of others had broken bike and smaller injuries. We attended a memorial service and one stop and there was a fire house. At the end of the day in Somerset we showered up and had dinner with everyone at a local hospital. Tomorrow we head out for another 100 miler. Tomorrow we are hoping that the muddy angels will mark the roads better as Gabe and his rider and Nick and his rider both missed corners.