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| - When the city strikes* were finally over and the ferries to the Islands were back in service, we waited...and waited...for that seemingly rare hot, sunny day** to visit the islands.
I specifically wanted to go to Centre Island to rent a bicycle. I dunno, something about riding a bike in the summer reminds me of happy times as a child. (Except for that one time I gave Dora Winsler a ride on my banana bicycle and her foot got caught in the spokes of the rear wheel and she cried like a whiny brat.)
Centre Island was pretty packed with kids and tourists on that Friday afternoon. But the bike paths were blessedly clear. We rode down to Ward's Island and one of the beaches. We also tried to ogle some jiggly bits at the Clothing Optional Beach but didn't want to exceed the 60 minutes on our rental and ended up returning the bikes sans flesh sighting.
Centre Island has Centreville Amusement Park, swan boat rides, boat rentals, Shopsy's sit-down restaurant, Pizza Pizza by the slice, picnic tables, overpriced ice cream vendors, and gynormous mutant swans.***
$6.50 for roundtrip ferry
$7 per hour per bike rental (bring ID!)
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* Grrr...Thanks guys, for the stanky garbage invading my nostril space
** Grrr x 2...Thanks Mother Nature, for the sh*tty weather this summer
*** Grrr x 3...Stop feeding them donuts and other crap human food!
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