Cunard's QE II slips into port with the sun

The QE II comes in for a closer look....

...in the pre-dawn darkness (see the street light?) Winding up the Dahon folder for a full day of riding.

Marshal Captains Stacey Lieberman and Trudy Hutter reviewing the plan before riding to post with the "Start Line A" Marshal Team.

...well gasketed against the cold, cold dawn in Battery Park

Deryk Harrison warms up with a BNY Marshal breakfast of coffee and a bagel. The BNY Marshal's day starts at 5:30AM at the Battery and can last for more than 12 hours.

Looking north, up Church Street from "Start Line A" at Chambers Street.

Looking South and East from NW corner Church & Warren

Church Street at Chambers: the view to the south from "Start Line A"

2003 BIKE NEW YORK starting line banner

Cousin Brucie welcomes the crowd at the starting line.BIKE NEW YORK 2003

Knowing nothing of fear, Captain Hannah Borgeson's "Start Line Franklin" Marshal Team faces down the crowd of 30,000 bicycle riders at the starting line of BIKE NEW YORK, 2003!

"Start Line Franklin" Marshals stand fast while anxious riders inch back and forth across the starting line at BIKE NEW YORK 2003

Gallery owner having a "Fashion Emergency" caused by the "One Size Fits All" Marshal's vest. "Why didn't someone tell me that I looked like a fool?"

Looking south from the BIKE NEW YORK starting line

Getting the word from Cousin Brucie at the starting line of BIKE NEW YORK 2003. (Is that Mayor Bloomberg in the left foreground?)

...at the start line

Marshal (First Class) Nadette Stasa (note bull horn in rear basket)

At Fort Wadsworth with that "42 mile stare"...

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