We were suppose to do this ride on Saturday July 4th but the weather said otherwise. We met at the Rocky Hill canal parking lot at 8:3 AM.
There were six smiling and eager to ride faces at ride time. We headed towards the Sourland Mountain range. The first climb was Grandview Road. Tom, our fearless ride leader, spared us the harder climb up Dutchtown Zion Road although one of the riders, Ed, decided he wanted to make the climb and did it solo.
These photos don't do this climb justice. It's much harder than it looks although it's a short climb.
We headed up Hollow Road, up Long Hill Road to the top of Lindberg. Do you get the theme here?? Up up and more up. We crossed the mountain range on Ridge Road and finally had our first downhill to Wertsville Road. We crossed Rt 202 at Rt 514 and headed towards Sergentsville. The climbing for the first half of the ride was done. We stopped in Sergentsville for our rest stop.
It was a welcome rest stop. We had a lot of climbing ahead of us. Look to the top left....it says "Bikers Welcome"
Let the climbing begin....for the second half. We climbed Rittenhouse Road, Lambertville HQ Road to the top of Sandy Ridge. Down we went on Sandy Ridge Road ( we usually climb up this one!) and then the climbing began for real. We climbed to the top of Mt. Airy Road, a left onto Rt 604 (??) and a long climb up to Hunterdon High School before we made a left to head back over the Sourlands via Linvale and Mountain.
When all was said and done we ended up with 50 miles and about 2,500 ft of climbing. A nice accomplishment on a perfect day.
On a separate note, I continue to find ox all over the area. I have found two more recently.
The top ox is located in Carnegie Center in Princeton. This is in front of a corporate facility. The second one....who's name is Newton ( look at the sign at his feet) is located at a local bank on Route 31. I am sure there are more and will post them as I see them.
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