We completed the first semi-organized event of 2012 with a 12-mile walk from Trenton to Princeton this past Sunday, Mar 25th. With a moderate temperature but a threat of rain we had 21 walkers and one canine (Briggs Roe) show up for what proved to be an excellent day for a pretty long…

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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

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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Elaborate planning usually makes me uneasy. And, so it was to start on our second practice walk for the Great Canal Walk on Sunday March 27, 2011. This time we would be checking out the prime real estate of the D&R Canal - the 20-mile section from Princeton to Bound Brook. Some things you can't plan for…

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Arriving at the D&R Canal’s Turning Basin parking lot by 6:45 a.m., I was on time to shuttle walkers at 7:00 to the Princeton Junction train station for our 7:27 train ride to Trenton. I ended up solo. Everything went according to plan except finding a legit public parking spot at the Junction. The station area was a… Continue

Starting from the Delaware River, trace the footsteps of this 175 year old waterway and transportation system across Central New Jersey - from Trenton to New Brunswick. The TR2NB40 - Great Canal Walk, a…

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