The Vessel & High Line Park

Basic Information Date of Adventure: 12/05/2021 Location: Gansevoort Street to 34th Street and 10th Avenue to 12th Avenue, NYC. Distance: 1.45 mile one-way How to get there: take NYCT Subway A, C, E, L train to 14th Street and 8th Avenue to enter the southern part of the park A, C, E, 1, 2, 3 […]

How Do We Stay Fit?

Although hiking on flat ground can be done by anyone of any fitness level, ascending strenuous mountains does require a good amount of strength. Sheldon is a long-distance runner while I prefer a variety of exercises anywhere from HIIT to cardio kickboxing to weightlifting to yoga and to Pilates. As a Jamaican, Sheldon was born […]

NYC Cruise

Date of adventure: 08/08/2021 Location: NYC Cruise from Brooklyn to Statue of Liberty and back This was a privately rented yacht for a group of 30 people. The weather was not promising and showed rain and storms so, unfortunately, quite a number of our large group chickened out and did not show. At the end, […]

Surfing in the Rockaways

Date of adventure: 07/24/2021, 08/01/2021, and 08/13/2021 Location: Beach 69th, Far Rockaway, NY Surfing is a water sport in which a surfer uses a board to ride on the forward portion of a moving wave. The sport originated in Hawaii. Surfing was the new adventure on the list for today. How did we ever get […]

Governor’s Island

Date of Adventure: 05/16/2021 For more information on Governor’s Island please visit the website. About Governor’s Island Map of Governor’s Island can be accessed on the Governor’s Island website. Governor’s Island is an abandoned former military base for the US Army and Coast Guard that was turned into a National Park and opened to the […]