Biking Connecticut from New Haven to Massachusetts — the state’s trails are tops

I’ve been raving about the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail since 2016. It’s gotten even better since then.

Made it to Massachusetts!

This past weekend I biked Connecticut from south to north, from New Haven across the state line to Southwick, Mass., as I took part in the East Coast Greenway‘s Ride the State ride.

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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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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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George Washington slept here: a bike ride on the D&L Trail from Scudders Falls to Bristol and back

Summerseat is one of those forgotten mansions.

It’s Memorial Day, so this seems appropriate.

I know, George Washington spent a lot of time in New Jersey and Pennsylvania during the Revolution, so he slept in plenty of places. (And in the tent, of course).

But this was a new one for me: Summerseat, up on a hill not far from the Delaware River in Morrisville, PA.

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I biked to Freehold for the Henry Hudson Trail and ended up in a brewery

The new section of the Henry Hudson Trail in Freehold could open any day.

Time for an update on the Henry Hudson Trail.

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Yes, I tried a peanut butter beer on this bike ride

We relied on the D&R Canal towpath for most of our bike ride to Ashton Brewing in Middlesex Borough.

I’m nominating Ashton Brewing in Middlesex Borough as the place to find some really weird — as in unusual, in the nicest way — beers.

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A bike ride to a new brewery just off the Lawrence Hopewell Trail

The quest for “weird” beer continues.

We braved the mud and the wind — oh that wind! — to reach the Druery Brewery using the D&R Canal towpath and the Lawrence Hopewell Trail.

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I’m planning a bike ride on the Ohio to Erie Trail — got any tips?

Time to discover the 326 miles between Cleveland and Cincinnati.

I’m excited to bike the Ohio to Erie Trail in June …. or should I say Erie to Ohio?

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This technically isn’t part of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail — but I love it

I’m now using the paved path to the Mount Rose parking lot to shave off a bit of biking on Carter Road

From the LHT, turn right at this sign onto the path to the parking lot.

There’s now a paved wide pathway from the Mount Rose Preserve parking lot off Carter Road in Hopewell Township, NJ, to the Mount Rose section of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail.

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Eurovelo 8: Montpellier to Narbonne in 3 days

You can plan your own bike ride along Eurovelo 8 in France. Here’s how.

It’s hot, the sun is beating down, we’re maybe halfway through our first day on Eurovelo 8, and I’m sick of the taste of Isostar (Europe’s Gatorade) in my water bottle. All three of us are looking for water.

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