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Great thanks to Paul for the terrific organization and weather.  Super thanks to Mike and Ann Kruimer, and their delightful granddaughters, for support and for sagging four of us out at South Bound Brook.  Mike Oliva and his team were wonderful for providing great drinks and snacks and encouragement.  Of course we must thank Andrew Berson who was fantastic on his bike on the trail, providing encouragement and help, especially to those with blistered feet.  I hope I didn't forget anyone.… Continue

Yesterday, on a cool gray May morning, I walked 11 miles along the East Coast Greenway from the train station in Cranford, NJ

to Weequahic Park in Newark, NJ with my friend Risa. We had joined a group of walkers on the Big Walk who had started at 5:00 am at MetroPark on their 50-mile hike to Penn Station in New Yrok City.

The portion of the trail we walked wound through parks, including Nomagean Park in Cranford, and pleasant…

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Today, was National Commute to Work by Bike Day. So I did, partly along the East Coast Greenway in Cranford where I will be walking a 10-mile segment of the 50-mile Big Walk on Sunday, May 23. I hope Sunday's weather is as nice as today's was.