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.
Continue reading “I used the Lawrence Hopewell Trail to bike to Hopewell Valley Vineyards”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.
Continue reading “A bike ride to a new brewery just off the Lawrence Hopewell Trail”What would it be like to use the D&R Canal towpath and then Amwell Road to reach Flounder?
Flounder Brewery moved into a renovated old farmhouse last year (still in Hillsborough) and now has lots of indoor and outdoor seating. We biked once from Duke Farm and then via roads to the D&R Canal towpath at the Griggstown Causeway.
But what would it be like to bike almost all the way using the canal towpath? Time to find out with this route.
Continue reading “A new way to bike to the new Flounder Brewing site”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”Here’s the state of the D&R Canal towpath from Washington Road to the Lawrence Hopewell Trail.
At the beginning of May, we checked out the state of the D&R Canal towpath from New Brunwick to Princeton. For Memorial Day, we pushed further south.
Continue reading “The D&R Canal towpath from Princeton to partway to Trenton”Eight months after the one-two punch from Henri and Ida in late August and early September of 2021, it was time to check out how much repair work had been done.
The D&R Canal towpath was a mess after the one-two punch from Henri and Ida in late August and early September of 2021. Eight months later, it was time to check out how much repair work had been done and how rideable the route is.
So we hopped New Jersey Transit to New Brunswick to find out.
Continue reading “New Brunswick to Princeton on the D&R Canal + East Coast Greenway”Beautiful scenery, but oh those climbs!
First, the rolling hills of upper Bucks County mean the scenery is gorgeous, even if my iPhone photography skills can’t do them justice. The roads through the woods, with a stony creek alongside. And then the old stone homes.
But getting out of the river valley to the top of those hills? That’s another matter. Hard work! Or perhaps that’s the danger of just taking a random ride off Ride With GPS and there is an easier (and less trafficked) climb than Upper York Road? What should we have done instead?
Continue reading “Biking Bucks County covered bridges to New Jersey beer”We tested two options to get to Grounds for Sculpture using the D&R Canal towpath. One is much better.
I’ve long thought about biking to Grounds for Sculpture, a sculpture garden in Hamilton, N.J. started by Seward Johnson, a J&J heir and sculptor. But I didn’t like the routes Google Maps suggested, and then there is the industrial area around it…
Continue reading “The best way to bike to Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton”The D&;R Canal and the Lawrence Hopewell Trail get you within 30 minutes by bike of River Horse Brewing in Ewing, New Jersey.
Time for another “weird beer” ride. This time we decided to try one of the big boys.
Continue reading “A bike ride to River Horse Brewing in Ewing, New Jersey”It’s not as daunting as you might think.
Biking to Philadelphia on the New Jersey side has long intrigued me, especially after having ridden to Philly on the Pennsylvania side. So when a group a sister has started riding with announced a ride from Trenton to Camden and then over the Ben Franklin Bridge to Philadelphia, I was all in (well, at least to Camden.)
Continue reading “How to bike from Trenton to Camden, New Jersey”
Exploring by bicycle 