Pancake Ride to Bayonne

I went on another trip with 5BBC this weekend that last 30 miles. It started from City Hall, went across the Staten Island Ferry, down miles of beautiful coastline, past the borough's premiere theatre Snug Harbor Cultural Arts Center, across the Bayonne Bridge, to a diner in Jersey boasting "the world's greatest pancakes," through Jersey City, and Hoboken.

How was your Sunday?

It amazes me how few people my age are on the ride. Out of the 50 or so people riding, there are only a handful in their mid-20s. Has nobody let the secret out to them that it's free, fun, informative way to spend an afternoon? This week, I discovered that the Bayonne Bridge was designed by the same architect who did the Sydney's bridge. I've never been to Australia, but it was an impressive factoid nevertheless.

For what it's worth, the pancakes -- courtesy of Bayonne's Broadway Diner -- were inexpensive and as delicious as advertised. I had the French apple with the cinnamon raisin glaze, topped off with whipped cream and washed down with a bottomless cup of very decent coffee. The bicycle practically rode itself back home between the sugar and the caffiene.