Lambertville to Clinton

 Seabrook Road

20 September 2015

There's not much of a story to tell.  I led an off-the-book ride yesterday from Lambertville to Clinton because Blake hadn't been there in a long time, Nevada had never seen it, and neither had Tom. Jim came along. Cheryl, Jack H, and Snakehead couldn't make it.

The route I picked was one with a lot of good hilltop views. It started on Route 29 to Stockton, but the guys vetoed that.  I rerouted up Seabrook.  In the fog, the detour was worth it:

The ugly chair that Cheryl passed up in Sandy Ridge:

On route 519 in Kingwood, an especially poignant protest against the PennEast pipeline:

The view from the top of Baptist Church Road:

Clinton:

The Dr. Seuss trees are becoming less noticeable.  I couldn't even pick them out from the far end of Sidney Road:

Where 523 and 579 meet, at the border of Delaware and Raritan Townships:

Another protest against PennEast:

PennEast, by the way, has been trespassing onto private property, vandalizing property, digging test wells without permits on public land, refusing to receive certified mail from affected landowners, and bitching about how New Jersey is being uncooperative. 70% of landowners have refused surveyors, and every single township on the pipeline's path has passed resolutions against PennEast.  Much of our route followed the pipeline's proposed path yesterday.  PennEast was supposed to file their preliminary application to FERC this week, but they didn't.  NJDEP has refused to accept permit applications because PennEast doesn't have enough information about the land they intend to destroy. So far, property access refusal seems to be working.