NY to NJ on foot
George Washington Bridge. Bronx. Cabrini Boulevard. Washington Heights. 175th Street, Manhattan, NYC. Interstate 95 or I-95, the main interstate highway of the east coast. New York State Route Highway 9A. US Route 9. US Route 1. Fort Lee, New Jersey. Palisades Interstate Park, New Jersey. White blazes. Concrete jungles where dreams are made of There’s nothing you can’t do Now you’re in New York These streets will make you feel brand new The song “Empire State of Mind” admittedly typical “New York hip-hop shit” by its writers resonates again as I hike my second bridge for the family East Coast visit. I’ve had enough of the tourist crowd of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge and finding the bike path that would get me to New Jersey on foot got me deeper into this Jay Z-popularized hip-hop shit. If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that’s what they say. AllTrails rates the 1.6 mile George Washington Bridge hike easy. The unbroke...