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I am sad that I missed the 8th Annual IDTT Run. I was in New York City to attend two weeks of training for a computer system upgrade project which will take place over the next few months. I usually find that the cost of flying home for the weekend is about the same as the cost of staying in New York City for the weekend, but this time, the airfare was much higher, so I stayed in New York and missed all of the fun in Calico. On Sunday, April 1, I decided to rent a Jeep so I could explore the famous "Canyons" of New York City while my MJR friends were exploring Odessa Canyon and Doran Canyon. A fellow member of Jeep Expeditions who lives in Long Island, NY agreed to lead the Big Apple Trail Run. As it turned out, we were the only two club members who were able to make the run. We met in the parking lot of the Long Island Rail Road train station in Ronkonkoma, NY. I had rented a black 4-door JK:
Our first stop was the local shopping mall so we could do a "mall crawl". This was the biggest obstacle we could find in the mall. My stock JK easily made it up, and I didn't even have to air down!
While you were exploring mine ruins and and remains of mining camps around Calico, we explored the ruins and remains of a large community in central Long Island known as Pilgrim Psychiatric Center. Some of the buildings are still in use, but many are unoccupied and some have been demolished. Here is one of the vacant structures:
We couldn't explore the vacant structure because it was fenced and had posted "no trespassing" signs. Instead, we took a two-track dirt trail which led to an unusual water tower:
Here are some pictures of the interior of the tower:
Some of the wild animals we found in Central Long Island:
After exploring the remains of the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, it was lunch time, and what better place to enjoy lunch than at the original Nathan’s Hot Dog Stand in Coney Island?
After lunch, we strolled along the boardwalk and stopped our Jeeps next to the Cyclone roller coaster:
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Our first stop was the local shopping mall so we could do a "mall crawl". This was the biggest obstacle we could find in the mall. My stock JK easily made it up, and I didn't even have to air down!
While you were exploring mine ruins and and remains of mining camps around Calico, we explored the ruins and remains of a large community in central Long Island known as Pilgrim Psychiatric Center. Some of the buildings are still in use, but many are unoccupied and some have been demolished. Here is one of the vacant structures:
We couldn't explore the vacant structure because it was fenced and had posted "no trespassing" signs. Instead, we took a two-track dirt trail which led to an unusual water tower:
Here are some pictures of the interior of the tower:
Some of the wild animals we found in Central Long Island:
After exploring the remains of the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, it was lunch time, and what better place to enjoy lunch than at the original Nathan’s Hot Dog Stand in Coney Island?
After lunch, we strolled along the boardwalk and stopped our Jeeps next to the Cyclone roller coaster:
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