My Hometown (January 12th)

I left Hickville on the 12th, knowing that I had just broken the 100 mile mark in my trip, so I only had about 3,500 miles to go. It certainly wasn't time to celebrate yet, but I also knew that the day would take me to Garden City, NY. My family moved to Garden City from Malverne, NY when I was a baby. I lived in Garden City for 20+ years, so it was certainly a place where I needed to stop. Visiting a place that I knew so well meant that I had to make some very difficult decisions about what to do while I was there. Luckily, I hung around for lunch and dinner to give myself some time. I stopped at my parents place on Mulberry Ave to say hello, and then we went out to lunch at Leo's, where I ordered Mongo's Favorite (open faced steak sandwich with melted mozzarella cheese). Yum.

My ride took me just north of the Garden City Golf Club (better known as the Men's Club). This course hosted the 1902 U.S. Open, but is probably better known as the place where I spent the summer after my freshman year of high school just sitting in the caddy yard. I hardly ever got sent out for a loop, and I barely made any money, but I did get to play the course on Mondays for free. It was totally worth it.

To work off my lunch, I headed over to the Garden City Community Park Mini-Golf Course. I had worked at this course as the Mini-Golf Pro for 3 summers, and I held the course record of 29 before the course was redone in 2008. I hadn't played the course since the renovation, so I had to check it out.

For dinner I grabbed two Grilled Chicken Panini's at Mama Theresa's in Garden City Park. With that, I had now had enough melted mozzarella to choke an elephant, so it was time to move on.

It was dark by the time I arrived in New Hyde Park, NY, and it was quite a full day in Garden City, so I just hit the sack.

C - Garden City, NY
D - New Hyde Park, NY

Real Life: Just the typical work commute. 10.4 miles. Total annual miles - 115.8 miles (3.7 miles behind target pace).