[enjoyLIFErides] Great Ride Today

[Enjoy LIFE. Ride with us. Based out of Cedar Grove, NJ but have bike, will travel!]

Never got above the high 30's but we all had a good time.  All four of us.

Here is a quick report...

Departed Cedar Grove and headed towards Verona and the Caldwells.  Snuck 
through Essex Fells and into Roseland via some quiet residential areas. 
Made our way over to Morris County and the Great Swamp but not before 
passing the Short Hills Mall.  Spent about an hour over in those parts. 
Came around and into Somerset County and past the "historic" Wagner's Farm 
area...  Funny.  It wasn't historic when I was there as a kid climbing all 
over their stuff.. Anyhow...  Shot down to downtown Warren and had a quick 
warm-up session at the local Dunkin Donuts.  Everyone seemed okay for the 
most part so we headed off again.  Took Warrenville Road over to Rock Road 
West and into the Washington Rock area.  Stopped for a second and then 
headed off.  Passed the largest house I've ever seen (under construction - 
looked like a small apartment complex) and headed over to Watchung.  Passed 
down towards North Plainfield and onto Johnson Drive.  Carefully made our 
way up the hill and over the "13 Bumps road" 
(http://www.weirdnj.com/stories/_roads06.asp) otherwise known as Johnson 
Drive.  Stopped for a second at the top to take in the view and wait for one 
straggler and then headed off...  Dodged some rough roads in that area and 
then made our way to the Watchung Reservation.  Did some small loops in 
there and then headed off onto Glenside Avenue towards Summit.  Once in 
Summit, we stopped near Briant Park and split up.  Our long distance rider 
of the day, Mr. HD from Hopewell, NJ I think, split off to go back to the 
Watchung Reservation and explore a bit more.  Mr. VTX headed home. The rest 
of us headed through Millburn and got caught behind this really stinky car. 
Some fool was driving around in their white Toyota with the emergency brake 
on.  I was waiting for the rear right tire to explode into flames... 
Finally, we broke free of that situation and headed through the South 
Mountain Reservation.  Mr. BMW split off towards South Orange and I headed 
home.  Walked in the door around 2:30 PM or so.  80 miles.  Not bad 
considering we averaged 30-40 MPH by my best guess.  Very relaxing and not 
too much traffic today.

Hope to repeat the same ride sometime in the future but focus on the western 
half of Somerset County.

Hope everyone has a great weekend - what is left of it.  Ad if you are 
looking for a ride tomorrow, there is always the Polar Bear Grand Tour event 
happening at Mignella's Restaurant in Hopewell, NJ (08525).  See 
http://polarbeargrandtour.com/rides.htm for more details.

See you all on the road soon!

Joe in Northern, NJ  -  V#8013-R

Currently Riding The "Mother Ship"

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