It had rained a lot during the night and the weather was warm and very humid when we set off. Even though the roads were wet and slippery the riding was initially comfortable on the parkway back to New York.
Then the heavens opened up and before we could find a place to stop and put our rain suits on we were completely soaked. The picture below doesn't do justice to the 50m visibility that we endured for most of the ride.
Eventually we reached New York, even though we couldn't actually see it, and it was a mission to ride, wipe the rain from the GPS so that I could see it and negotiate the traffic.
We pulled up in Brooklyn at Jupiters thoroughly soaked, toes squishing in soggy boots and hands that looked like they had spent the afternoon in the bathtub.
Jupiters was closed but after a phone call to Chris he was there in 5 minutes. We got out of our wet clothes, re-packed our suitcases and bade farewell to Chris. We'd definitely use Jupiters again if we rent a bike in New York.
We took a car into Manhattan and checked into our hotel and had a short nap before hitting the streets. We stopped at a nearby restaurant where we had great ribs and tilapia washed down with Californian wine and mojitos (my drink discovery for this trip :).
A few block later we were in Times Square and the magnificent of a billion watts of neon and a crowd watching opera on giants screens in the rain.
We found a nearby bar that was having a karaoke evening and enjoyed a couple of hours enjoying the bustle around the square before heading back to our hotel.
Tomorrow we have lots of exploring to do in the city.
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