Tag: biking

A bike bingo game built on a personal wish list of rides

My new way to organize bike rides I want to do.

This isn’t about one bike ride. Instead, it’s a way I’ve found to organize my To Be Ridden wish list (a riff off To Be Read, for all you bookworms).

With a bingo sheet.

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Great swoops! The WB&A Trail bridge over the Patuxent River is finally open — and we found some surprises

Here’s what the trail straddling two counties is like.

One 180-degree turn, then another. That next one — a third, or just a squiggle?

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Biking the Loire: A peek at seemingly simple French bike-friendliness

So cheap to do. But would the U.S. deem these infrastructure ideas hostile to cars?

Part of what made the Loire bike ride so enjoyable was the bike-friendliness of everything beyond the marked route.

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We bike to a Russian Orthodox Church smack in the middle of New Jersey

Here’s to the amazing cultural diversity of this small state.

This golden-domed, mosaic-adorned church is St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson Township.

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I explored the old Bell Labs by bike — here’s what I found

Now Bell Works, it’s a vibrant place to visit.

The old Bell Labs complex in Holmdel, NJ, site of so many scientific discoveries and advancements that we take for granted today, has long been on my list of places to visit.

Lucky for me, a friend was up for a ride. Even better, she planned the route!

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An epic fail of a bike ride

We head to the Pine Barrens.

2 beer cans from Three 3s in Hammonton NJ.
The only photo from Monday is some of the beer we brought home.

Sometimes a bike ride doesn’t go the way you want. This was one of them.

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I biked on part of South Brunswick’s Freedom Trail — here’s what it’s like

A 2.5-mile trail sandwiched between U.S. 1 and the train tracks.

When South Brunswick, NJ, in 2024 proudly announced that it had built the final section of its Freedom Trail, I knew I needed to check it out.

I finally got there, and here’s what I found.

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I paired pedaling the newest part of the Schuylkill River Trail with an off-bike adventure

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.

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I biked to a special French cafe in Princeton that hires those with disabilities

Blue Bears hires adults with intellectual or physical disabilities.

Have you discovered Blue Bears in the Princeton Shopping Center?

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That new boardwalk section of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail is beyond spectacular

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.

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