day 80

when we got up and going we enjoyed a nice breakfast of cereal and waffles, two favorites of mine. we packed up our gear and loaded up our bikes and said goodbye to neil and martha. thanks for having us! we set off for the big city. today we were heading out of new jersey and into new york and biking through northern manhattan and up to white plains area. there was a lot of traffic and it was hot out again so we were sucking down water and getting caked with exhaust. we caught glimpses of the new york skyline and it was super impressive, we kept riding and caught the bike path to ride on to cross the george washington bridge. we got a super awesome view from their and got welcomed to the state by their welcome sign, which we missed with a handful of states. sadly, this was the most recent welcome sign we'd seen in a long time. hopefully the other states like new jersey, delaware, maryland, and pennsylvania will get their act together. we then entered new york and it was rush hour so we were weaving in and out of traffic trying to make our way out of the city. it was a wild time since there were so many cars and the roads were terrible. it was a long ride because of the traffic and all of the lights so we finally arrived at colby's, our couchsurfing host, place. we did our introductions and got settled inside and we unpacked our gear. we just sat for a bit rehydrating and telling of our trip and talking about food options for dinner. we decided to go eat at so dam hot, and we all got pulled pork sandwiches and they were awesome! we then hit up whole foods to get some breakfast stuff for tomorrow. that evening we just went through the atlas and showed colby and his friends our route and told many stories of our travels then colby told us about his crazy roadtrip across the country. we just had a wonderful night swapping story after story.