REVELING IN NEW YORK CITY AT WATER LEVEL!

Today, I had the amazing opportunity to see my favorite place in the world from a different point of view--and I loved it! I joined up with the Long Island City Community Boathouse to paddle a kayak from the famous Pepsi sign

across the east side of the East River, and all along Roosevelt Island, past the ruins of the old smallpox hospital

underneath the 59th Street bridge

all the way to the top end of Roosevelt Island near the beautiful lighthouse...

and finally over to Hallets Cove for a day of helping with walk-up kayaking.

When it was over, we paddled back, with the current, and all the kayaks "rafted" by holding on to each other's boats as the current carried us under the 59th Street bridge on the way back to the boathouse for a cookout.

What an amazing and glorious day! 

Thank you, Steve and Ted and Bob and Detrick and Katie and Dave and all the other volunteers for a day I'll remember forever.