pickup ride

Dave H wasn't taken with any of the rides listed in the Princeton Freewheelers' schedule for today, so before the start of the ride yesterday, he arranged for an impromptu ride with Philippe S; Philippe contacted Ira S. and the four of use gathered at Village Park at Cranbury to do about 34 miles today. I had breakfast at Bagel Street, rode in the short four miles to meet them at the park, then rode the eight-mile route back to the parking lot; you can see my total route here. 

Neither a fast ride nor a long one; for the three of us who rode on Bob's ride yesterday it was kind of a recovery ride for that fast-paced listed-as-a-B (but there were riders who picked up the pace, and a few times the folks off the front had to do U-turns to catch up to Bob's route); for Ira (who called the route) it was (I think) a back-on-the-bike-for-the-first-time-in-several-days ride.  We went up to Dayton and across Route 1 at Sand Hill road, and went up a hill I never noticed, even though I live near it (it's just different when you're driving!).  Then down a piece by the canal, and to the Main St Café in Kingston, where we met John D & Jane B. They're moving into a new house, and, days later, going to France for a ride-on-the-Tour-de-France-route vacation... and it sounds incredibly dense to me, to have to do all that stuff! John told us about his troubles getting the cable installed in the new place, and showed us his iPhone Tour-de-France app, which was cool.

Then back on the bikes, mostly straight back to Cranbury. We cut past the health center near College Rd, then back to the park, avoiding the densely-trafficked Plainsboro Road. My not-quite 46 miles is enough for today.