August 25, 2012 NJ-NY-CONN

Since the states here are so small John wanted to drive to Connecticut , right on the line between NY and Conn he wanted to bag the two low points. It sounds good in theory. Perhaps 130 miles round trip.

The three state day. Kind of reminds me of when we were in Summit county and decided to ski all for ski areas in one day. Not really, the ski areas are closer together. The GPS took us the scenic route up. Very lovely country, out in the country. On the way back she took us through New York City.  The Hudson river on the way up.

I got to see one sight on this quest for low points. We went to Sleepy Hollow.  Cute little town. It is the home town of Washington Irving, the author of the story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.Here is a sculpture of the headless horseman throwing his pumpkin head at Ichabod Crane.  The Headless Horseman Bridge, which is now gone, replaced by a more modern bridge was where the headless horseman hurled his pumpkin head at Ichabod Crane.  Behind the sign is the Sleepy hollow cemetery  where the graves of Washington Irving, Andrew Carnegie, William Rockefeller, Brook Astor, Elizabeth Arden and William Chrysler are.

The first photo is John at the low point in New York. It is of course on the Long Island Sound. Which is mostly  private property with huge mansions on it, or like here an industrial area with docks, plants and fences are. This is as close as you can get to this part of the sound here. We did not feel like going into New York City to the sound. It was in Port Chester which seemed to be a low income Latino area. The second photo is in Greenwich, Connecticut, directly across the border, only a few miles away. It was a very high income area, the sound had huge expensive mansions on it, with gigantic yachts on it. We found this park to get to the sound.

On the way back the GPS took us right through New York City, here is a shot of the Bronx. This is not what you want to see on your GPS in the middle of New York City!

View of Manhattan from the Bridge into New Jersey. This is closer than we wanted to drive to in the car.  Then you come off the bridge and have to decide which lane is really the one you want. Thankfully there was not much traffic here.  We had not wanted to go to New York City, but we must have been meant to go, first the car blows up, then the GPS takes us there. . .