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.
Continue reading “I paired pedaling the newest part of the Schuylkill River Trail with an off-bike adventure”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.
Continue reading “That new boardwalk section of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail is beyond spectacular”Five stars.
Almost eight years ago, I rode parts of the Virginia Capital Trail over two days.
I’ve finally come back to ride the entire trail, also over two days (out and back in sections) but this time with friends. Yes, I’ve found another 5-star trail.
Continue reading “I finally biked the entire Virginia Capital Trail — here’s what it’s like”At the Gingered Peach and Terra Momo.
Lunch and dessert? Or dessert and dessert?
This was a two-bakery bicycle ride, inspired by a late-2024 list of the state’s 71 best bakeries, as judged by NJ.com, the owner of the state’s biggest newspaper.
Continue reading “I biked to 2 of New Jersey’s best bakeries using the Lawrence Hopewell Trail”What we saw on just a small part of Tucson’s 137 miles and counting of wide paved and connected trails.
How amazing is this: 137 miles of connected, paved and wide trails that make a loop and some spurs in and around Tucson, full of everyone from small packs of fast-moving road cyclists to someone out for a walk, with or without a dog? And more miles are coming.
Continue reading “2 days of bicycling on Tucson’s Loop Trail”Another day hunting for trolls in Burlington County, New Jersey.
Another sunny, unseasonably warm day, so a good time to hunt for more of those trolls in Burlington County. This is a cool art project using recycled materials that was inspired by Danish artist Thomas Danbo’s Big Rusty, who moved into the county several years ago.
Continue reading “My second Troll Trek: 7 trolls and 1 slice of pie”I rented a bike in Spoleto and bicycled 30 miles following the path to Assisi.
First I thought of biking from Assisi to Rome. I’d seen a route on Komoot! But the logistics seemed daunting. Get a bike, make my way through Rome to the train station, get on the train….
So I decided on a one-day ride, from Spoleto to Assisi. There’s a bike route! (Even if it’s not obvious on Google maps.) I’d even finally get to see this hilltop town! Plus maybe I could get some olive oil from the beautiful agriturismo (basically a villa set amid the olive trees) that I’d stayed in more than a decade ago not too too far from Assisi.
Continue reading “A one-day bike ride from Spoleto to Assisi in central Italy”You thought it was pretty much all downhill from Mont Laurier? So did I! Wrong.
You thought it was pretty much all downhill from the start of the P’tit Train du Nord in Mont Laurier? So did I!
Continue reading “P’tit Train du Nord day 3: A 9-mile(!) hill”35 miles on the P’tit Train du Nord from Mont Laurier to Nominingue.
The P’tit Train du Nord once transported skiers and others into the Laurentian mountains north of Montreal. Now it’s a popular 200-km (120-mile) rail trail between Mont Laurier and St. Jerome, plus a 32-km addition into the Montreal suburbs, and part of Quebec’s fabulous Route Verte network of bike paths.
Continue reading “P’tit Train du Nord day 1: First poutine, then a 4-course gourmet dinner”This year’s event was just fabulous!
Love the Full Moon Ride! And the weather for this year’s version — on Sept. 14 — couldn’t have been better!
Continue reading “Some photos from Lawrence Hopewell Trail’s Full Moon Ride”
Exploring by bicycle 