Today I reached another State Capitol, this time Trenton, New Jersey. Otherwise had an easy day of cycling to end at a friend’s house near Princeton. I also tried a few parts of the D&R canal.

13 miles of mixed suburban cycling brought me to the Delaware River and border with New Jersey. In the photo above, you can see the gold dome of the capitol below the “clearance 8 ft” sign.

I followed the sign and walked across the bridge.

There was also a sign for the Lincoln Highway including a sign to San Francisco. I’ve ridden the Lincoln Highway once from Cheyenne to Cedar Rapids.

A picture of the front of the capitol.

A better picture from behind. I tried wearing bike shorts but it was still cold enough to wear a wool hat.

I started off on suburban streets but then set off towards an unpaved canal route where I found this historic house.

Sign with details.

What part of the canal path looked like.

Another part of the path. It was flat but I also occasionally sunk in – some because surfacing had soft bits and some because I have a lot of weight on the bike wheels.

In Princeton I stopped at Whole Foods where I picked up a spare charger for my laptop. The old one the pin had bent/broken so I ordered via Amazon and had it delivered ahead.

I came past Princeton University.

Below is the Computer Science building

A few geese along the way. Overall, nice to have a shorter and easier day. Weather forecasts have generally called for warmer temperatures. This also lets me try crossing New York City on a weekend.

Strava tells me I had an easy day and also did some walking to decrease the average speed: 31.77 miles + 0.63 (I didn’t save the last track to keep my friends location private), 3:39:53 elapsed time and speed of 8.7mph with 1145 feet climbed and 2388 calories.