A Day Off From The Grind

Rejoice! The Sun! After a month of craptastic Sundays we finally got a nice one thanks to tropical dud, Dan.

After cruising up the hill from breakfast, we decided to celebrate the day by taking a drive up to West Milford to take a ride on Clinton Road. The road is closed to traffic because of a washed out bridge about half way between route 23 at the start and Warwick Tpk 9 miles away so we figured it would be worth using the car to get here.

Riding on the car free road was fantastic and I felt like we were on an Alpine tour. The area we were riding through is part of the Newark watershed and is filled with lakes and streams. Cathy posed in front of the stream that overflowed last year and washed out the bridge we were standing on.

When we got to the end of the road, a short ride on Warwick Turnpike brought us to our lunch stop where we ran into our neighbor, Kelly, and one of her riding buddies, Linda. Here the ladies share a laugh over lunch. It was a nice diversion and added to the holiday feel of the day. After lunch we pressed on and circumnavigated Upper Greenwood lake before making the return trip back across Clinton Rd to Route 23. All in all a terrific day!

After 6 weeks of almost constant work, bad news on the TV every night, politicians who can't get out their own way to just do the right thing for their constituents, and on and on... a nice bike ride is just what the doctor ordered!