Bike at the Jersey Shore during the off-season. Rentals are cheap, streets are empty.
Reminder to self: Bike at the Jersey Shore during the off-season.
Rentals close to the beach are cheap, streets are empty, though yes lots of businesses are closed. (Our group based itself in Avalon.) But boardwalks during Easter week were busy, especially when temperatures hit 80. That’s where we ended up in our search for ice cream.
Continue reading “Selfie spots, Lucy the Elephant and other sights on a bike ride along the Jersey Shore”We biked 78 miles and splashed around in the ocean.
Where to ride our bikes? That’s a regular question in my house because we don’t like riding the same route time after time. (Besides, what would I blog about?)
The 2019 list included an interesting challenge: to the Jersey Shore and back in one day.
Now I’ve biked it one way (to Ocean Grove, lousy route), almost there (to Allaire State Park) and even one way and partway back. But the Brit never had. And this was his goal.
So when some friends said they’d be in Sea Girt this weekend and wasn’t it time we got our annual dip in the ocean, we knew it was time.
So off we headed on Sunday morning. This would be roughly 38 miles each way, mostly on quiet roads but also on a bit of trail.
Continue reading “To the Jersey Shore and back — a summer bike bucket list item DONE”
Exploring by bicycle 