A 21.5-mile loop ride along New Jersey’s D&R Canal and Pennsylvania’s D&L Trail/
Christmas night, 1776. George Washington rolled the dice on a stormy night and launched the march on Trenton and the 10 days that saved the American Revolution.
Continue reading “George Washington was rowed across the Delaware River. We biked it.”The sights you see on an all-day bike adventure!
This is kind of a revisit of a bike ride from five years ago, only reversing the start and finish.
And bringing a couple of friends along gave this route along the New Jersey side of the Delaware River a whole different perspective.
Continue reading “A fresh look at a bike route from Princeton to Philadelphia”The Eastern Trail now connects from South Portland to Scarborough Marsh and beyond.
I was excited when the Eastern Trail in Maine announced that the 1.6-mile gap in its trail south of Portland was finally, finally closing.
Continue reading “Maine’s Eastern Trail closes a key gap near Portland — here’s what to expect when you bike it”Michicot to Sturgeon Bay by bicycle via Kewaunee
New Jersey has 24-hour diners. Wisconsin has supper clubs.
Continue reading “I’m introduced to supper clubs on day 3 of my Wisconsin bike adventure”Ships, shipwrecks, submarines and ice cream on day 2 of this Wisconsin bicycle adventure.
Now we’re starting to see small-town Wisconsin.
Continue reading “Day 2 biking in Wisconsin: 50+ miles from Sheboygan to Mishicot”This is the start of a 6-day bike ride to and then around Door County, Wisconsin.
This is the start of a 6-day bike ride to and around Door County, that long finger of land jutting into Lake Michigan in Wisconsin.
Continue reading “A Wisconsin bike adventure: Milwaukee to Sheboygan on Day 1”Bike into Michigan or bike for miles on trails in Northwest Indiana.
Northwest Indiana may be best known for its steel mills. But I found a number of biking possibilities — both quiet roads and rail-trails — starting by Indiana Dunes.
Continue reading “I biked from Indiana Dunes National Park — here’s what I found”This trail is part of the Great American Rail Trail.
Let’s get the confusion out of the way first. One of the state’s two Nickle Plate Trails is 40-odd miles between Kokomo and Rochester. The other is in the northern Indianapolis suburbs.
Continue reading “A short bike ride on Indiana’s longer Nickle Plate Trail”Oil City, Pennsylvania, once was the center of the oil industry.
What a tale there is in and around Oil City, Pennsylvania!
Continue reading “I knew nothing about the 1860s oil boom and bust until I biked this part of the Erie to Pittsburgh Trail”I bicycled to 3 of the Thomas Dambo trolls in Rhode Island.
