Sunny November Rides

 

Although the weather has gotten colder as we get closer to winter there have been some sunny days that have allowed me to get some long rides in. At this time of year nobody wants to drive to far from home so all the rides have been local within about 10 miles of my house. In the last few Saturdays we have done rides in the 50 mile range and not too hilly. A few weeks ago we did my Jackson Wawa run and this week on a Friday ride we headed to Farmingdale. A couple of weeks ago we crossed over Rt1 on one of my stupider routes. 

Because of the pandemic it is easier to get across Rt1 so I have done that more often this year. Even through I have ridden these roads many times there are still things to discover. I tried to use a few interesting bike paths to do something different. We started off on the Trolley Line trail in West Windsor and then headed through Plainsboro to get to Rt1 and crossed at New Rd. On the way back we headed back across Rt1 at Harrison and through the old Sarnoff labs. 

There are a lot of cool little paths in NJ and there are more every year. One of my favorites it the LHT which is constantly being improved. I was off the day before Thanksgiving and did a 30 mile trail ride down to Trenton through Pennington and back along the LHT. It was a long ride for a mountain bike ride but I was trying to burn some extra calories before Thanksgiving although this years celebration involved much less food and people than normal.

I know that there will be some tough cold months ahead where it will be harder to ride for a couple of different reasons. However I know there there will always be a few sunny days that will allow me to keep riding until and getting together with the posse that will get me through the winter.