You’re right by the Delaware River, and I mean right next to the water. Ducks, maybe some boaters, the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge.
A new section of the K&T Trail just opened in Philadelphia. It’s only 0.6 miles long so you might think it’s not worth the effort to explore.
Wrong.
Continue reading “The newest part of Philadelphia’s K&T Trail has stunning river views”See the Seward Johnson sculptures temporarily scattered around the Hopewell Valley.
Seward Johnson, of the Johnson & Johnson fortune, was a sculptor who created Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey. Now some of his work (or replicas of that work) are popping up elsewhere in Mercer County.
We spotted a life-like hotdog vendor in Trenton on a bike ride a few weeks ago. But when I read that the Hopewell Valley Arts Council has nearly a dozen pieces scattered across its part of the county (all temporarily, of course), I knew there was a bike ride in there.
Continue reading “A marvelous bike route in search of Seward Johnson sculptures in the Hopewell Valley”Still plenty of urban grit, but this section heading south from Center City Philadelphia is getting better for biking — and more is coming.
Nine years ago, I biked from suburban Conshohocken through Philadelphia to Wilmington, Delaware along the East Coast Greenway route.
It was time to see how part of the East Coast Greenway route had changed since then.
Continue reading “The East Coast Greenway from Philadelphia to John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge”We biked the D&R Canal to Trenton, Bordentown and history.
Sometimes it doesn’t take much to learn someone’s story.
Continue reading “A bike ride into the 1800s and the shadow of George McClellan and Joseph Bonaparte”How many other trails do you know that offer so much variety?
On Memorial Day, I took a friend on a loop ride of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail in Mercer County, N.J., all 22 or so miles.
He pronounced it “magnificent.”
I couldn’t agree more.
Continue reading “A friend called the Lawrence Hopewell Trail ‘magnificent’. He’s right.”So much to see on the Perkiomen Trail – including a ski area and a moving bit of history.
So much eye candy for cyclists on the Perkiomem Trail.
There’s the Perkiomen Creek, which the trail follows from where it flows into the Schuylkill River just west of Valley Forge National Historic Park north to Green Lane Park in the tiny borough of Green Lane, Pennsylvania. Lots of criss-crossing the creek so you really don’t go far without having water in sight.
Continue reading “I’m late to the Perkiomen Trail — but wow!”A just-opened section of the Chester Valley Trail connects with the Schuylkill River Trail. Time to try out the CVT.
Connecting two major trails is no small feat, and those 4+ miles that just opened on the Chester Valley Trail outside Philadelphia are proof.
Continue reading “The Chester Valley Trail now connects to the Schuylkill River Trail — here’s what it’s like”Just tell me where the ice cream is.
My first reaction as I biked along this inland trail in Cape May County was jealousy.
Continue reading “I biked the entire 17-mile Cape May County bike trail — here’s what it’s like”While I had no special destination in mind, it’s amazing what you discover when you’re just taking your time.
A gorgeous day — temps eventually topped 70, and it’s only the beginning of April! — called out for a bike ride. And while I had no special destination in mind, it’s amazing what you discover when you’re just taking your time.
Continue reading “Blue sky, blue water — here’s what else I found along the D&R Canal”The Schuylkill River Trail has had lots of upgrades since I biked from Conshohocken to Reading seven years ago. This time I started in Philadelphia. Here’s what I found.
Actually, make that two solid metric centuries — 62-plus miles each time — since we — my sister and I — biked back the next day.
Continue reading “Schuylkill River Trail: A metric century from Philadelphia to Reading”
Exploring by bicycle 