Sometimes a bike ride doesn’t go the way you want. This was one of them.
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We head to the Pine Barrens.
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Tour de Pines 2020 finale: Perfection
Another day off from work to take advantage of perfect fall weather — and this bike ride was so worth it.
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A bike ride through an unfamiliar part of New Jersey.
We took a day off from work — the forecast called for 75 degrees and sun. Would this be the final glorious fall day? Hopefully not, but we weren’t going to pass up a perfect blue-sky day.
Continue reading “More New Jersey Pine Barrens: The Forked River route in the Tour de Pines”Biking deep into New Jersey’s Pine Barrens
This bike ride from Hammonton is inspiring me to bike more in South Jersey.
Our second ride of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance’s 2020 Tour de Pines took us deeper into the Pinelands: A road lined with pine trees as far as you can see, a sandy road that we fortunately didn’t take, a fire tower we didn’t climb. Sunlight glistening off a lake on a sunny October day.
Continue reading “Biking deep into New Jersey’s Pine Barrens”Biking in the Pine Barrens: the Carranza ride
Who the heck is Emilio Carranza? A doomed Mexican aviator. We learn his story on a 49-mile bike ride in rural Burlington County, New Jersey.
We’re doing the Tour de Pines again after having such a great time last year. Thanks to COVID-19, it’s do it when you have the time, rather than on a set day with dozens of other cyclists, like so many other rides.
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Tour de Pines is a winner. And a bargain to boot.
I finally discovered New Jersey’s Tour de Pines — five days of bike rides in and around the Pine Barrens.
I always thought the Pine Barrens and its sandy soil was centered around Brendan Bryne State Park and otherwise was home to some cranberry bogs and that mythical creature called the Jersey Devil.
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Exploring by bicycle 