Friday, December 30, 2016

Millstone, meet Raritan

 D&R Canal Towpath near Griggstown

30 December 2016

Yesterday's rain froze then thawed, coating me, Tom, and our bikes with red, Brunswick shale mud.



It was worth the mess, though, because we got up close to the confluence of the Millstone and Raritan Rivers, and I get to write "Zarephath," because that's where we were when we climbed down to the riverbank between Manville and Zarephath.







We turned around here, about 11 miles north of Griggstown. I know this because my GPS worked. It also told us that we'd climbed all of 75 feet during our round trip.


It was one of those days where the bike gets hosed off and every piece of external clothing, from Camelbak to booties, goes straight into the washing machine.

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