Over the River and through Camden...

For my bike ride yesterday, I set an rarely-selected easterly course. I don't often ride into New Jersey—yesterday's trip marked my sixth visit in four years—because there are a lot of psychological obstacles. In order to get in to New Jersey, I must ride of Ben Franklin Bridge, which itself it actually quite fun, but it's an unpleasant ride to the bridge itself. Once across the bridge, getting through Camden can be a bit of pain. Simply put Fairmount Park is a much more attractive route.

That said, once past Camden, ridding in South Jersey is quite enjoyable, and since I don't ride there often is still novel. The terrain is flat, there are many neat old towns like Haddonfield and Moorestown, and there are fewer suburbs to traverse before reaching the countryside.

On yesterday's ride, I followed the Cooper River for about five miles before turning south towards Voorhees Town Center, one of the properties my company is currently redeveloping. After checking on the progress and downing a smoothie, I returned to my easterly course. An hour of riding brought me to Medford, about 18 miles east of Philadelphia, as good a place to turn around as any. I took a much more direct route back. Most of it was into a strong headwind, but I managed to maintain about 12MPH, which is pretty good for me. I returned to my apartment at 7:10 PM, ten minutes later than I hoped.



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Trip Statistics
Length: 61.1 miles
Time: 6 hours 5 minutes
Riding Time: 4 hours 40 minutes
Avg/ Speed: 12.5 mph
Max. Speed: 22.4 mph
Avg. Cadence: 58 rpm
Cum. Ascent: 1,600 ft.

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To cross the Delaware River from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, I almost always use the Ben Franklin Bridge. There is a pedestrian walkway on the each side, but the only keep one up at at time. This is the first time the north walkway was open. It's actually much easier for me to access this side, were I to know to go there first.




















What happens when your garage contractor or the driveway contractor don't get along.


















Voorhees Town Center is one of my company's major redevelopment projects. These two mixed use buildings are currently under construction. We will lease the ground level space to retail shops. Our partner will lease the apartments on the upper floors.























Historic house in Medford.


















New Jersey, beyond the sprawl.