Govenor's Island, Fete Paradisio & Massive Amounts of Bicycling

On our fifth wedding anniversary we decided to celebrate with a family adventure going to Governor's Island and that night go out for dinner.

We left the apartment bright and early on our bicycles.  It was nearly 8 miles to the ferry along the Hudson River.  We had blue skies and not too hot weather so it was a great day for a ride.  Jaime was a trooper. It helps that he had so much to look along the way - the city scenes change quite a bit over that many miles.

The ferry across to the island was a lot of fun for the little man.  And Dan and I were ready for a little rest.

Then it was time for a light lunch before exploring.  The big thing for the summer was Fete Paradisio, a Parisian festival with vintage 19th century carousels and carnival rides.  It was pretty neat.  Jaime was having a great time walking around and checking it out.  There was a pipe organ thing that had dancing puppets - Jaime was laughing and dancing on Dan's shoulders.

Another 'exhibit' was this tree house thing. Jaime had lots of fun checking it out and watching all the big kids running around.

Then it was time to ride all the way back home.  Poor little dude was ready to nap! By the time were back in our apartment all three of us were totally done! But then it was time to get cleaned up for our dinner date.

It was a super fun anniversary.