The good and bad of biking across the Mario Cuomo Bridge (aka the new Tappan Zee Bridge)

The bridge across the Hudson River north of NYC has a bike/walk path.

A view from a bridge

Biking across the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge (I know, I’m supposed to say the Mario Cuomo Bridge) has been on my to-do list since the bike lane section opened, oh, about five years ago.

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OTET day 6: We’ve done it!

Our bike ride from Cleveland to Cincinnati is complete

After 326+ miles on the Ohio to Erie Trail, we are in Cincinnati!

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Ohio to Erie Trail day 5: More than halfway from Columbus to Cincinnati

This was a tough day.

This was our toughest day yet on the Ohio to Erie Trail.

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Ohio to Erie Trail day 4: We biked stress-free into Columbus on trails!

I can’t believe we barely biked on a road.

Our OTET adventure just keeps getting better.

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OTET day 3: So much fun from Millersburg to Mount Vernon

The trails keep coming!

This was an easy day on the Ohio to Erie Trail, just over 40 miles and again almost all on trails.

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OTET day 2: A metric century from Akron to Millersburg

TIL that Amish teens are just like teenagers anywhere.

Who’s faster — us or the buggy?

TIL why most people bicycle the Ohio to Erie Trail from south to north, that the Amish love their e-bikes and that Amish teens cruise in their buggies while listening to thumping music.

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Ohio to Erie Trail day 1: Cleveland to Akron

A 40-mile day almost exclusively on trails. Who needs a map?

OMG, they’re not kidding that the 326-mile Ohio to Erie Trail is mostly on trail, far from cars.

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Ready to start biking across Ohio: Pierogies, kielbasa, ‘weird beer’ — check, check, check

We’re biking the Ohio to Erie Trail in reverse — from Cleveland to Cincinnati.

Five of us are in Cleveland, ready to start biking the Ohio to Erie Trail — or should I say Lake Erie to the Ohio River?

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I biked part of the abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike

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.

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I used the Lawrence Hopewell Trail to bike to Hopewell Valley Vineyards

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.

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