Although we only skirted the edge of Hoboken last year, David Loutzenheiser, passed on this news item that Hoboken had recently won a Gold-level for Walk Friendly Communities. A tip of the hat to our NJ community and New York City neighbor. As anyone who has been through there lately, its a great place to walk but a sorry place to park a car.…

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It was cold and damp enough at 8:15 a.m. when I joined our large group gathering in the New Brunswick train station. I and maybe 10 other FreeWalkers had come off  the train from Metropark where we had parked. The station provided some indoor shelter with a Dunkin Donuts and bathrooms within.…

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FYI FreeWalkers: Mike Kruimer, our trusty SAG support guy with the van, wrote this report up on our last Tween Walk between New Brunswick and Metropark on Saturday 4/16/11. He's the Chairman of the NJ Committee for the East Coast Greenway Alliance and Board Member of NJ Bike & Walk Coalition.

April 17th, 2011

On April 16th, the Freewalkers (www.freewalkers.org) completed their second phase of a three…

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Is anybody planning on walking the NYC Marathon?  I just put in an application -- they put you in a lottery for an actual entry in the event. I'm definitely not racing or worrying about time, just hoping to walk and see the hooplah and the five boroughs.

With a shifting weather forecast it was hard to say how this day would turn out when I got up at 4:00 a.m. The day before had been rainy. The trail could be muddy. But for now there was nothing stopping the assault of our feet on the great D&R Canal.… Continue

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

Paul, I'm in the process of creating an album called Doug's Great Canal Walk.  It wuould be great if you could post it to the front page.

Thanks,

Doug

Paul

Not to be a pest since I've written about this before, but I've logged a walk, but can't see it anywhere on the site.

Is it fixed?  Should I re-enter the data?

 

April 2, 2011 - Here's a great article on upcoming FreeWalkers' Great Canal Walk and the East Coast Greenway. We made the Home Tribune front page on this one. The author covers some good points of our walks and the…

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