Sunday, July 27, 2014

D&R Canal Trek Leaves New York City


The Delaware and Raritan Canal Trek left New York City today for a 6-day, mostly off-road adventure along beautiful canal bikeways.  These are our youngest Trekkers, ages 10-12, completing a self-supported Trek with full panniers and group gear.

Since this was the first day, they started out by discussing bike safety rules and group biking procedures, then caught a train out of the city.  They did their first biking together around Rutgers University and New Brunswick, NJ. 

Their destination for the day was the Doubletree Hotel in Somerset, NJ, where they had a swim in the hotel pool and then cooked and ate dinner in the fresh air at a picnic table on hotel grounds.

Trekkers, Trip Leaders and Parents meeting in NYC