Touch down in NYC! So hot here and I have been crazy busy making preparations for the start of the paddle.  Picked up the Epic V8 from Manhattan Kayak Company with the help of Margaret Mann, thank you.  Then I couldn't resist the urge and went and watch the Yankees for a wonderful Sunday afternoon ball game.  So awesome to visit Yankee Stadium for my first time.  Drove the ski down to Maryland the next day through bucketing rain.