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Let’s have another week of adventure in NYC! This Saturday we’ll head to Coney Island for food and rides and on Sunday we’ll go to the mayoral candidate’s scavenger hunt.

Monday August 18th, 2025

Okay, hold on.

What the fuck.

You can’t just put out a radioactive wet floor sign.

This fucking city.

Tuesday August 19th, 2025

Tuesdays are trivia night.

Our team name is the Gabba Ghouls.

We’ve gotten second place before, but not first.

Yet.

Wednesday August 20th, 2025

I recently had my birthday and one of the restaurants that we ate at is one of the ones that hands out postcards with the reciept.

This postcard from Serendipity III is being sent to my pal Tony in Michigan.

Had a nice chat about the meal that I had here.

Thursday August 21st, 2025

Keanu.

Also, I’m back by that radioactive dig site again and I still have no idea what’s going on.

Probably ninja turtles.

They’re radioactive and underground, right?

Wait. Mutagen is what mutated them.

Is mutagen radioactive?

Friday August 22nd, 2025

A postcard to Tony in Michigan.

Tony and I go way back, but we barely knew each other until we were roommates back in 1998.

Saturday August 23rd, 2025

Coney.

Island.

Today.

Let’s go!

I have no idea what these signs at the subway stops mean, but they look like bullets and a crosshair, right?

They freak me out a little bit.

There. Better picture.

Also you can see Coney Island rides in the background.

Cyclone! Cyclone! Cyclone!

This roller coaster ride, the Coney Island Cyclone opened in 1927.

This ride is almost one-hundred years old.

Getting onto this century-old ride and watching a sixteen-year-old pull a giant old-timey lever to release the ride is scary.

This ride looks like it could fall apart and the mechanisms don’t have that reliable vibe.

Which is awesome.

I’m one of those guys that puts my arms up on rollercoasters, but I’m pretty sure I could lose a hand if I did when going through the tunnels on this ride.

I don’t think there’s enough clearance.

That bald guy sitting alone in the fifth seat with his arms up is me.

Amazing ride.

Absolutely worth the visit.

Let’s see what the rest of the park has to offer.

Coney Island is also a boardwalk and a beach.

There’s no charge to get in, you can buy tickets to exchange for rides or purchase a bracelet day pass for unlimited rides.

The boardwalk has a lot of eateries, including the famous Nathan’s hotdogs.

Time for a milkshake and a dog.

Now time for a milkshake and a dog… but flirty.

Swag at the gift shop.

Next attraction: the Wonder Wheel.

White cars do not swing?

Noted.

We have selected a blue car.

As the wheel takes us up we start to have a nice view of the park.

OH HOLY SHIT, IT’S SLIDING!

Now I know what they mean by “white cars do not swing.”

The other cars are on sliders.

They rock and also slide at certain points.

Scared the crap out of us.

Delightful.

Beach side.

Park side.

Here we are recuperating from another surprise slide.

This Ferris wheel kicks ass.

I’ll send a postcard to Tony to tell him all about it.

Sunday August 24th, 2025

Scavenger hunt day.

But firs, penny is thinking about getting out of the window.

But maybe she shouldn’t.

It looks fun down there, though.

Let’s gooooo!

We have a lead on where to go to start the scavenger hunt.

We get ourselves a nice meal and wait for the festivities to begin.

There are squirrels here.

And silly people like my partner Lauri.

And what the heck. Let’s send another postcard to Tony.

This one came pre-stamped with some one-cent stamps.

Um…

I think the scavenger hunt started.

Holy crap, this line is huge.

Line is super long. Lauri is waiting in line while I figure out what the process is and chat with people.

I got the first clue from someone else.

Here’s a picture of their feet that I accidentally took.

I do believe that would be the John V. Lindsay East River Park.

Judging by the line to get in, we’re in the right place.

They ran out of stamp cards before we got to the front of the line, but we’re still going to play along even if we can’t win/complete the scavenger hunt.

Next clue!

This has to be the Staten Island ferry.

If you ever come to New York City, you can ride this free ferry for a nice view of the Statue of Liberty.

We’re trying to stick to subways for this as the busses are filling up fast with all of the other participants.

I believe five-hundred sticker cards were handed out and the line wasn’t even half-way complete, so there’s a lot of people participating.

We’re nearing the end of the scavenger hunt, but at the last clue they won’t let you in to see it unless you have a sticker card, which we do not.

We had a fun time got in our steps for the day.

Here are other pictures we took along the way.

We are officially exhausted.

Time to head home.

Penny is also exhausted.

Penny says “Good night.”