Who knew that you can explore a section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike that was abandoned decades ago?
Back in 1940, Pennsylvania opened its first section of its turnpike: 2 lanes in each direction but only one lane each way through the tunnels.
Bad idea.
Continue reading “I biked part of the abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike”Just too early for pizza and wine.
It’s no secret that I love the Lawrence Hopewell Trail and all its variety. So after last weekend’s bike-and-wine adventure in the other direction, I thought I’d try another winery. And I realized the LHT could get me most of the way there.
Continue reading “I used the Lawrence Hopewell Trail to bike to Hopewell Valley Vineyards”Summerseat is one of those forgotten mansions.
I know, George Washington spent a lot of time in New Jersey and Pennsylvania during the Revolution, so he slept in plenty of places. (And in the tent, of course).
But this was a new one for me: Summerseat, up on a hill not far from the Delaware River in Morrisville, PA.
Continue reading “George Washington slept here: a bike ride on the D&L Trail from Scudders Falls to Bristol and back”A birthday bike ride … where do we stop?
A friend wanted to celebrate a birthday with a bike ride. So we put together this 22-mile loop with two possible shade breaks — at a winery and a brewery.
Which would we choose?
Continue reading “Winery? Brewery? You pick your stop on this 22-mile Central Jersey loop”The new section of the Henry Hudson Trail in Freehold could open any day.
Time for an update on the Henry Hudson Trail.
Continue reading “I biked to Freehold for the Henry Hudson Trail and ended up in a brewery”There’s this German restaurant near Fort Dix that I see every once in a while and think, “I’d like to try that.” So I figured out a bike ride.
There’s this German restaurant near Fort Dix that I see every once in a while and think, “I’d like to try that.”
So I figured out a bike ride.
Continue reading “Here’s to my schnitzel ride in Burlington County”Go on the free tour of this Hindu temple, or Mandir, in Central Jersey.
You need lots superlatives when describing this Hindu temple, or Mandir, in Central Jersey. Largest outside India is one.
Continue reading “I biked to a guided tour of the ginormous Hindu temple in Robbinsville, N.J.”We relied on the D&R Canal towpath for most of our bike ride to Ashton Brewing in Middlesex Borough.
I’m nominating Ashton Brewing in Middlesex Borough as the place to find some really weird — as in unusual, in the nicest way — beers.
Continue reading “Yes, I tried a peanut butter beer on this bike ride”The quest for “weird” beer continues.
We braved the mud and the wind — oh that wind! — to reach the Druery Brewery using the D&R Canal towpath and the Lawrence Hopewell Trail.
Continue reading “A bike ride to a new brewery just off the Lawrence Hopewell Trail”For you TL;DR types, this 0.4-mile addition into the center of Freehold could be open in two months, so the end of April.
February temps in the 60s … had to get outside. And part of that included checking out the progress on the extension of the Henry Hudson Trail into Freehold.
For you TL;DR types, this 0.4-mile addition could be open in two months, so the end of April.
Continue reading “New Jersey’s Henry Hudson Trail is expanding”
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