My goals for today were to visit the Massachusetts State Capitol and to stop past the fraternity where I lived for four years in college. I expect this to be my last one million plus city for a while, so … Continue reading →
Today I made a quick visit to Rhode Island. Enough to stop by the capitol and see the highest point in the state but not much else. Still had a few steep climbs but overall easier than yesterday. The morning … Continue reading →
I saw two bears today. Otherwise great riding with a forest trail and small roads with little steep hills. I expected today to have some climbing with a long climb in the morning and a bunch of short climbs in … Continue reading →
Today, I added Hartford to the list of state capitols. Half of the ride was along some nice bicycle paths. The other half was various streets. It was occasionally interesting to figure out the route. This was the first turn … Continue reading →
A shorter ride today as I crossed over via ferry from Long Island to bicycle along the Connecticut shore to New Haven I was ~10 miles from the ferry terminal. There is a 7:30 am ferry and a 9:00 am … Continue reading →
Today I left Manhattan, cycled through urban streets, a good stretch of “service road” along I-495 and then local roads of varying pleasantness… Yesterday I hemmed and hawed trying to figure out whether to go out Long Island or along … Continue reading →
The goal for today was to get to New York City, Times Square in particular. The first 31 miles were in suburban New Jersey, a lot of it along NJ 27. Now I wouldn’t describe NJ 27 as a place … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
The theme for today was crossing Philadelphia. While I still expect to be in urban/suburban areas for a while, I did make it into and out of the center of America’s sixth largest city today. Overall, navigation worked fairly well. … Continue reading →
Today I added Dover as my second state capitol. Otherwise a not very difficult day with a variety of landscapes. Delaware is not a very big state, but still enough to spend two days cycling. Smyrna is 10 miles from … Continue reading →