I love the Gap area, and in fact I rode it a few years ago in early December (it was COLD, and I'm not tough enough for winter camping). While I haven't yet ridden the McDade sections, there are some nice interior NJ routes back to the Gap (via the Paulinskill Valley), including the route Joan, Steve, Pudge & Sons and others followed in the Spring... I'd be happy to share that route with anyone interested.
Thrilled to hear there's interest in riding NJ. I live along the Delaware River, not far from the aforementioned Canal Trail (down in Lambertville, just across from New Hope, PA). It's an awesome place to live and ride with beautiful trails on both the PA and NJ sides of the river, dirt roads, country lanes, scenic hollows and streams. Lately I've been thinking of hosting (perhaps in the Spring) a weekend ride in the area (including several covered bridges in Bucks County PA). There's great history in the area, and the lovely town of Lambertville has fabulous restaurants and pubs. If anyone is interested in a weekend "Delaware River Rally" (in the April timeframe), I'd be happy to host. I can even accommodate a handful of guests at my place, and there are several beautiful inns (including the Chimney Hill Estate Inn - http://www.chimneyhillinn.com/), a short 2 minute bike ride away. *(Just listen to me, I sound like a travel agent)... * Bobby On Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:56:34 AM UTC-5, Bob E wrote: > > Mike B -- I haven't ridden between those two points, so don't have a route > mapped out. But if I were to ride from the northern end of the D&R Canal > trail to say, Columbia, I would generally hug the river -- except that I > would skirt around Phillipsburg to the east (via Green, Roseberry, and > Belvidere roads). North of Belvidere, the only road along the river in that > area is Route 46, which I would avoid (traffic, iffy shoulders at times), > so I would take some of the quieter and more scenic roads to the east > (Sarepta, Koeck, and Linaberry roads). Around Columbia it gets tricky, as > I-80 interchanges with Routes 46 and 94 there, and there are some > high-speed ramps. I would probably get on Route 46 from Walnut Road just > south of Columbia and then ride the short distance to town on the shoulder > (wider here) of the southbound lane just to avoid that mess. > > Another option would to cross into Pennsylvania at Easton (a portion of > the Delaware Canal trail just south of Easton is still closed) and take the > river roads on that side, but I'm even less familiar with those roads. > > Just my quick two cents! > > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
