Laura OLPH emailed earlier in the week that she'd been tipped off, via a Facebook post, to a new coffee shop in Lamberville: Union Coffee, and we should go visit to see if it might be a replacement for the late Sourlands Coffee. She decided to list a ride that would stop there.
We left from Twin Pines in Pennington.
Laura started right out by leading us on roads that, while familiar, were not the usual routes. I knew we were in for misery when she called for a turn onto Province Line.
Have a look at the elevation diagram:
If that's not enough, go look at the ride page.
Of course we got separated on those hills, and had to wait for each other to catch up.
Union Coffee was worth it, though (although Laura complains that there's not enough outdoor seating; she readily admits, however, that she's not ready to sit indoors at anything like a restaurant, and is not likely to be so, soon). I like the Union Coffee because the coffee is good, as are the various junk-food comestibles; the toilet is available; and, despite the LGBTQ+ inclusion flag flying outside, they were kind enough to make space for a boring, old, white, obviously cisgendered biker with too much education and not enough tolerance.
Pardon the poor quality of some of the pictures:
The bikes look like they belong there, too:
On the way back, we did that demanding climb on South Franklin Street and Highland Ave (I'll admit; I requested that). Laura had planned to take us down Woodens to the hills on Pleasant Valley, but we passed that, and did Harbourton-Mt Airy instead.
So it was perhaps not the worst way to get to Lambertville (riding a goat-cart engulfed in flames, for example, might be worse), but it was plenty bad enough.
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