Steve: The Delaware Water Gap actually is a great choice for a 2-day ride, light-touring credit card style. I did it one weekend 2 years ago, where we started at the Water Gap (on the PA side), rode across the Rte 80 bridge to NJ, then up the historic Old Mine Road to Milford PA along the Delaware, which is a rolling combo of very rural rough pavement and dirt roads (about 40+ miles in total for Day 1). We spent the night in Milford PA (where there are plenty of B&Bs and Inns). Day 2 we rode back into NJ, and up through High Point and Stokes State Forest, before jumping on the Sussex and Paulinskill rail-trails (which are mostly dirt, some gravel and virtually no pavement). The Paulinskil is very pretty (largely used by the equestrian community), and brings you all the way back down to the Water Gap. The 2-day total distance is roughly 90 miles, and it's definitely a worthy ride with very little traffic. This really highlights some of NJ's hidden beauty.
Whether we also do a Virginia location for the May Riv Rally, I'd be glad to host a Water Gap ride in the Spring. Definitely an excellent (and challenging) ride with beautiful scenery. Thanks for suggesting it. Peace, Bobby On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:55:07 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 06:55 -0800, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > > > > Riv Rally East is a weekend ride. The first one was in May 2011 with > > a handful of riders converging on Wellsboro, PA for 2 days of scenic > > loops in the Pine Creek Gorge area. In 2012 a larger group assembled > > in Cumberland, MD for a 2-day point to point ride along the Great > > Allegheny Passage trail up to Ohiopyle, PA. Riv Rally 2013 is still > > in the planning stages, but it will likely occur on a weekend in May > > 2013, possibly with an optional ride on Friday. Western Virginia is > > one possible destination; but stay tuned. > > > > I have recently moved out to western NJ along the Delaware River (and > > BTW we JUST last night got power back after a week of outage due to > > the big storm)... There are lots of places around this area that would > > be perfect for a S24O... The beauty of these types of rides is they > > can be spontaneous... It takes very little planning... just pack up a > > few essentials, grab an adventurous friend or two and head out on a > > Friday after work... Oh, and make sure to be back before it's time to > > do your Saturday chores... > > So how about in the Delaware Water Gap? > > One of the first tours I ever did was with the Mid Hudson Bicycle Club > to the Delaware Water Gap. There was a youth hostel there and we HQ'd > at it, rode to the Peters Valley Craft Fair. It was our first ride on > the then-new child adapted Gitane tandem. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/JYjvgP4Y9pgJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
