First day, full of good Karma! (September 26, 2009)

So, here we are having breakfast just before goint to Central Park.

Chilly morning but super excited. First stop, CBS Plaza in the corner of Central Park to appear in the CBS early morning show.

Then going down on fifth avenue towards Pier 11, where we would take a ferry to New Jersey (the secong state in our tour).

What a cute helmet by the way! (this is Jenny)

Oh!!! where is my wallet? I had lost my wallet (well a ziplok bag with my credit, ATM, insurance card, driving license, and almost US$400 cash were gone). It was gone from my bicycle bag, I though I was robbed, so of course I had to cancel everything (and by the way, this was the second time in my life and in the same month that I had lost my wallet and cancelled credit cards).

Always be positive! I really had good karma, because in the ferry, I found out that someone had called Geraldine (one of Climate Ride co-founders) to let her now that he had found my wallet, including all the cash I had in it.

I had this smile even before I found out that my wallet had been found

Once in NJ, we continue our ride. First night stop: camping in the YMCA in Princeton, next to Princeton University. Shower, dinner, mingling with new folks, and lots of fun presentation on climate change, good music, and of course an end of nigh visit to one of the few bars in downtown Princeton.

What a night! Lessons learnt: get a good tent for Climate Ride. It rained the whole night, and the tent got wet. Only thanks to my super sleeping bag I did not get wet. However, and thanks to all of you I won the fourth prize for fundraising: a much better tent that will be used in my next Climate Ride.