Day 2 of our Quebec adventure: 54 miles from Sorel-Tracy to Trois-Rivières

Route Verte 5, and a beer described as electrolytes with alcohol.

Our day started with a 15-minute ferry ride across the St. Lawrence River and ended in a cozy neighborhood on the east side of a city of 140,000.

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A Montreal-Quebec City loop adventure begins: An easy 41 miles on day 1

We biked from Boucherville to Sorel-Tracy on the Route Verte.

I pack light !

This was the start of a 10-day bike trip on Quebec’s fabulous Route Verte, and the tailwind gods were with us all the way.

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I biked the full Lawrence Hopewell Trail loop! (And there’s one more improvement)

The rocky detour by Brearley House is no more. Hurray!

The newest section, just completed.

There’s been another improvement to the Lawrence Hopewell Trail. It’s relatively small compared to other developments this year, but it makes a loop ride even smoother.

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A quick bike ride to the OG Elsie the Cow’s ‘grave’

The 1930s gave us this marketing celebrity and the War of the Worlds, all quirky spots on this New Jersey bike ride.

Some Central New Jersey trivia: Elsie the Cow of Borden Milk fame is buried is Plainsboro.

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I biked on part of South Brunswick’s Freedom Trail — here’s what it’s like

A 2.5-mile trail sandwiched between U.S. 1 and the train tracks.

When South Brunswick, NJ, in 2024 proudly announced that it had built the final section of its Freedom Trail, I knew I needed to check it out.

I finally got there, and here’s what I found.

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I’m planning a loop bike ride from Montreal to Quebec City and back — must-sees and must-eats?

I need your sightseeing tips for this bike ride on the Route Verte.

Five of us will be biking along the Route Verte from outside Montreal to Quebec City along the St. Lawrence, then inland via Magog back to the start.

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I paired pedaling the newest part of the Schuylkill River Trail with an off-bike adventure

A day in Philadelphia: a 30-mile bike ride and a trip to the Eastern State Penitentiary.

A month after the ribbon cutting, I finally was able to check out the latest extension to the Schuylkill River Trail — the gleaming white Christian to Crescent section that juts above the water.

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I biked to a special French cafe in Princeton that hires those with disabilities

Blue Bears hires adults with intellectual or physical disabilities.

Have you discovered Blue Bears in the Princeton Shopping Center?

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My 10-mile bike ride to a free tour of the local Amazon warehouse

A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at what happens before that Amazon package lands on your door.

Did you know that Amazon offers free tours of some of its facilities?

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That new boardwalk section of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail is beyond spectacular

Now I can bike the full 20-mile loop!

Let’s just say that this new boardwalk is one of the best parts of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail — and that’s saying a lot because this trail already had so wonderful spots.

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