I drove up to Secaucus Junction early to meet Nathan at the train station and head out for some hiking. We stopped a little bagel shop to get some sandwiches for lunch and then headed into New York.
We got to the Storm King trailhead already quite a way up the mountain with a nice view from the road so we wondered how much we'd have to climb up. It started ascending immediately, with small boulders strewn about and lining our climb.
There were a few spots where we had to do some actual hand-over-hand climbing. Just briefly. And we took some routes that added that as well. It was a nice, rocky ascent.
The views from the top were great. We could see to Breakneck Ridge, which we hiked in November. The views were plentiful as well. We thought we had made it to the top, but later found out that we had gone around it and circled back on our way down. Amusing and silly, but once we got to the top we were almost done our hike. It was a good one.
We decided to check out the Storm King Art Center, which is a huge sculpture park. There were tons of large-scale sculptures made of steel in the first big field we encountered. There was also the long wall made of rocks done by Andy Goldsworthy. That guy does amazing things.
The park was great and so expansive that we couldn't see everything. Some of the smaller sculptures were collected around the visitor's center. This was one of our favorites. We walked around until we tired of walking and the park was closing. I want to go back.
I dropped Nathan at the train station and headed to Alex's. After I showered we decided to go out for food. We went to Sunset Bar with Roxanne and her boyfriend. We sat outside in the back area, which is located on a small airfield. It was a cool setting and great weather. The food was quite good as well.
We went back to her house and I played pool with John for a bit while Destanny tried getting everyone to play a dancing game with her. Alex challenged me to a game as well and she won. It's been a while since I've played..
We watched The A-Team movie and stayed up most of the night. I finally took my place on the couch and tried falling asleep watching infomercials and Full House.
I drove up to Secaucus Junction early to meet Nathan at the train station and head out for some hiking. We stopped a little bagel shop to get some sandwiches for lunch and then headed into New York.
We got to the Storm King trailhead already quite a way up the mountain with a nice view from the road so we wondered how much we'd have to climb up. It started ascending immediately, with small boulders strewn about and lining our climb.
There were a few spots where we had to do some actual hand-over-hand climbing. Just briefly. And we took some routes that added that as well. It was a nice, rocky ascent.
The views from the top were great. We could see to Breakneck Ridge, which we hiked in November. The views were plentiful as well. We thought we had made it to the top, but later found out that we had gone around it and circled back on our way down. Amusing and silly, but once we got to the top we were almost done our hike. It was a good one.
We decided to check out the Storm King Art Center, which is a huge sculpture park. There were tons of large-scale sculptures made of steel in the first big field we encountered. There was also the long wall made of rocks done by Andy Goldsworthy. That guy does amazing things.
The park was great and so expansive that we couldn't see everything. Some of the smaller sculptures were collected around the visitor's center. This was one of our favorites. We walked around until we tired of walking and the park was closing. I want to go back.
I dropped Nathan at the train station and headed to Alex's. After I showered we decided to go out for food. We went to Sunset Bar with Roxanne and her boyfriend. We sat outside in the back area, which is located on a small airfield. It was a cool setting and great weather. The food was quite good as well.
We went back to her house and I played pool with John for a bit while Destanny tried getting everyone to play a dancing game with her. Alex challenged me to a game as well and she won. It's been a while since I've played..
We watched The A-Team movie and stayed up most of the night. I finally took my place on the couch and tried falling asleep watching infomercials and Full House.
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