Today's Hike

Your daughter is a cutie.
Get your hiking in with her before she turns 13, they get very busy in their teenage years.

PeeTex wrote

Your daughter is a cutie.
Get your hiking in with her before she turns 13, they get very busy in their teenage years.

Thanks PeeTex, I'm doing what I can. She does make me feel guilty for leading such a selfish lifestyle for so long. I'm regretting not getting back into school 14 years ago so I would have been more prepared and able to do more with her but no use dwelling on the past, I wasn't ready.

Here's a few pics from my Sedona hikes..Plus one from the Lava Caves in Flagstaff..Sorry AZ didn't have enough time to meet up..

No worries! I don't really have any spare time right now myself. In fact, I haven't been on my bike for a real ride in months. :(

This doesn't really even qualify as a hike but I found myself in Yonkers with a couple hours to kill recently so I went a little further south to visit one of my old stomping grounds, Van Cortlandt Park in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. I read that there used to be a little rope-tow ski area here back in the 60s so I thought I'd see if I could find it.




During college I shared an apartment nearby with a couple friends. I kept a road bike around but one of my roommates had a mountain bike so I used to take it back in the woods here from time to time. I don't remember the paths being this nice though.



There was a spot that we called "the Rock". Getting up it didn't take any real climbing. It is just a low angle scramble really. You have to look out for broken glass.




Honestly, it was just a nice spot for some casual day-drinking with friends. There was plenty of evidence around that this is still the case. Also a great spot to watch the sun come up if you find yourself out and about around five in the morning.



I never did find any evidence of the old ski area but it was a nice trip down memory lane. I think a lot of people know about the good qualities of Central Park but the Bronx has a few gems too. This ones right at the north end of the 1 train at 242nd st and Broadway.

Man, I live in Washington Heights. Next time you are down here, ping me..

That's a great idea. I'm through there from time to time but usually in a rush. I'm gonna do a little Google-earthing to see if I can find where that rope this was

Pretty sure the ski area was by the golf course. It is a nice park, I used to live near 1/2 block away. Lots of poison ivy as a kid. I got lost a couple years ago biking back from Westchester trying to blaze my own trail.  It's pretty wild in some places!

Yeah. it definitely gets thick back there. There were times I got lost and popped back out in completely different areas then I'd expected. My buddies and I had an upstairs of a two family building on Review pl. Then I lived in an apartment on Broadway  near 261st when I moved back to the area. It's a great park. You spend any time at Dorney Malones, ML? That was my favorite spot on earth for about three years.

Nope, I never went there. I was your neighbor on Gale Place. It was awhile ago... here I am in that apartment with my first pair of skis.

ml242 wrote

ml242 wrote

Nope, I never went there. I was your neighbor on Gale Place. It was awhile ago... here I am in that apartment with my first pair of skis.

That is pretty cool.

Man am I jealous of you guys that got to start skiing at an early age! I feel like I would be better if I'd learned before my senior year of high school.

ML - you look the same!

LOLZ!

But no way dude, now i'm in color and my hair is black and white!

I still can't believe me and brownski were neighbors though.

ml242 wrote

I still can't believe me and brownski were neighbors though.

That is pretty funny. I was in Riverdale from 91-94 and again for a year around 98-99. Great neighborhood.

Hey I started skiing at 40. I wish it was 20 years earlier.

How close did you guys live to each other?

When I was on review pl, it was maybe 4-5 blocks I guess.

I was born in Riverdale, lived there until i was 5....49 freak'n years ago..

Looking South down the Columbia River through Saddle Rock

A shot of Saddle Rock I took back in May (from the other side of the River).