This morning arrived wet and cold. Once ready, we cycled by John's boyhood home in Cranford, NJ. It is proof that you can't go home. Always susceptible to flooding, the current owners raised the whole house 10 or 15 feet higher to keep it from flood waters. The top floors are the same split level home, but it's definitely not as he remembers it. We had already walked by his boyhood haunts and home of friends, long gone the day before, so we just cycled by without stopping.
We are in a let's just get there phase of our trip, so we're riding, no matter the weather - within reason, of course. We'd like to be in Alexandria, VA to see our son and his family by October 6th. It will be a split trip. On October 12th we fly home to Grand Rapids, MI to see the grandkids, check on the house and the practice John works for. We'll leave behind our bike and trailer in Scot and Becky's garage and return to it on the 24th. October is going to be a family filled month :) .
Most of the day was cool with a drizzling rain. Toward the end however we had 16 miles on the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Trail. It is a packed dirt and stone dust trail that runs between the Millstone River and the Delaware Raritan Canal. For the most part, it was a welcome relief from the city riding we have been doing (going through NY City and Newark was interesting to say the least), but toward the end, it got really muddy. We arrived in Princeton caked with mud and had to slouch off the bike and trailer for fear of creating a huge muddy mess in our room. A shower and delivery calzone later, all is good.
Pictures later, the computer is being recalcitrant.
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