Always bring addresses for at least two (2) parking areas and refuel before you need it don't just expect there to be another store nearby. I kept cursing, "where the f^%& is this bridge?" One last rest on some grass was almost a nap, and it was right next to a restaurant for which I was underdressed! Finally I made it back to the car, loaded the bike, and when I went to a gas station to buy some food and drink BEFORE I went to get some dinner, the counter girl looked at me wide-eyed and said "Are you alright?" "Yeah, I've been biking," I barely replied before chugging the Gatorade. The last 5 miles back to the crossing into Frenchtown was agony. My hot body required several short rest stops and once I even found a place to lay in the river to cool off. After 36 miles on gravel and dirt I was getting bogged down, dehydrated and running on empty. ![]() On the Pennsylvania side there was no next place to refuel my body. Then I said, nah, just keep going, intent on the next place to pop up. I literally stopped my car in fear as an opposite driver passed me.) Out of water and tired I thought I should stop and have lunch with a coffee and refill the water bottles. (The car bridge near GW's crossing is the most narrow grid-deck bridge I have ever seen. One was too small for vehicles, bikes and walkers only with wonderful views of the valley and river. I did traverse, back and forth, two smaller bridges on the way down. Though I brought 2 large water bottles and one protein bar, it was not enough. This is where I made my tactical mistake. I planned to go all the way to where George Washington and his crew crossed the Delaware all those years ago. Anyway it's a cute village with lots of places for refreshments which I did not need as I rode south, in lots of shade next to the river. ![]() Good thing I bring spare tubes because the bike shop right there was closed on a midweek afternoon. I started at the nice parking lot in Frenchtown, NJ with a flat tire getting the bike out of the car. August 2021, hot and clear weather This is a fine trail (unpaved) I had on my radar for several years.
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