Westchester will do

[mortonfox]

Given that it was the start of the Labor Day Weekend, it was ironic that I didn't feel like traveling very far. So I went to Westchester. The key to a good geocaching trip in Westchester is to wait for an accumulation of geocaches around White Plains. It's not worth risking your life on the Tappan Zee Bridge for just one geocache, but if there are five or six then maybe. :)

I thought the weather was okay. It got hot in the afternoon but it wasn't overly humid. Most of the wooded areas I visited today were pretty nice and free from garbage. (except for the recliner and ladder I saw near one of the cache sites) This compares quite favorably to the broken-glass-strewn horrors I encountered in South Jersey. The only part of the trip I didn't like was near the Bronx-Westchester border. Driving there was more dangerous than I expected because of the busy roads and drivers who pull out of where they were double-parked without looking. Once I got onto the Bronx River Parkway though, it was smooth sailing all the way to White Plains.

After the last cache of the day, I met hikerguy1 & kitkat19 in the parking area of Graham Hills Park. I've visited some of their geocaches around Pleasantville and Tarrytown so it was good to finally see them.

White Plains TB Hotel (New York)
William Fisher's Head (New York)
The Way of the Green Rooster (New York)
It's only Rock N Roll - Part II (New York)
Hiroko's Bridge (New York)
Forgotten Grave Yard (New York)
Splaf one (New York)
A Diamond in the Rough (Seton Falls) (New York)
Malcolm Wilson Micro (New York)
Mysterious Tennis Court (New York)
Jigsaw #1 - 2 Pi r (New York)

Comments

[earlyadopter-j.livejournal.com]

dude, you totally could have made it to brooklyn just as easily....
:)

I'll be around tomorrow if you want to come see my studio and go by the gallery.

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

Well, it's probably not harder than driving near the Bronx-Westchester county line, which was pretty dangerous.

[kaysho.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmmmmmmm ... I've been across that bridge once ... perhaps I'll reconsider a second trip. :)

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

Unless there's a traffic delay, you'll be on the bridge for maybe just five minutes. Hitting a bridge problem during that time is very unlikely. Even then, it'll only affect maybe a dozen vehicles that happen to be in the wrong place at the time. Even so, I intend to limit the number of trips I take across that bridge.