Regarding directions: Plug this into your GPS: 2 Simon Lake Drive Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716
Regarding parking: Lot 1 might fill up sooner, but Lots 1 and 2 are right next to each other, so it really doesn't matter; we'll see each other. Even if you park on the street somewhere, just come down to the trail. Regarding the trail surface: I haven't been on the HHT since 2018, but I seem to remember that most of the trail is paved, and what isn't is a very fine crushed stone surface -- in other words, any bike and any tire will be fine on it. Regarding the climb: They are approaches to a fairly high bridge, but the grade really isn't bad at all. Regarding the ride from Sandy Hook to Long Branch: It's a nice (and shorter) alterntive to going back to Matawan. As Dave pointed out, the ride from Sandy Hook to Long Branch starts off alongside a large rock seawall on a paved trail, but that's only for a couple of miles -- after that, you're on Rt. 36 as you enter downtown Sea Bright. After Sea Bright, there's a wide shoulder and you pass nice homes and some beach clubs. At Long Branch Rt. 36 turns into a four-lane highway (Ocean Blvd), so I've turned onto side streets from there to get to the train station. A ride along Ocean Ave (not Blvd) and on the promenade at this time of year (no crowds) would be very nice, as it's obviously right along the ocean. To give you an idea of what some of the route is like, the photos in the below link are from a ride where I took the train from Linden to Aberdeen/Matawan, rode east along the HHT, turned right after the bridge (bypassed Sandy Hook that time), rode down Rt. 36 and hit the beach at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch to go for a swim before taking the train home: https://flic.kr/s/aHskF1WUCh And this one is of Sandy Hook itself: https://flic.kr/s/aHskmyzgvz Bob > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/869a6fc5-7cde-4edc-be9f-32955f791c6eo%40googlegroups.com.
