Today we drove to Princeton, New Jersey, which is about 50 miles southwest of Jersey City. After quite a bit of research before we went, we found a bike trail in that area that we thought we'd like to try, giving us a chance to escape from the big city. Also, Mark had found a blurb in the New York Times about a photography exhibition at the Princeton Art Gallery. We parked at a shopping center and rode our bikes over to the trail, which was originally a tow path along a canal. It was gravel, but beautifully shaded. We rode it for about 4 miles until we got to the area of the Princeton University campus. There we stopped at the oldest bike shop in the United States (wasn't much to speak of) before continuing on to campus. We rode around for quite awhile looking for the art museum -- apparently Princeton doesn't believe in campus maps. The campus is gorgeous -- lots of stately old buildings surrounded by green areas. It looked like new student orientation was in progress; there were big groups of very young-looking people being escorted from building to building.
The art museum was amazing! In addition to the photography exhibition, this museum has works by many of the big names: Van Gogh, Cezanne, Rembrandt, Warhol, Georgia O'Keefe, and more. We thought this would just be a quick stop, but the museum was so captivating that we ended up spending over an hour looking around. By then we were hungry, so we rode our bikes back to the shopping center and ate at PF Changs. By then, neither of us felt like any more bike riding, so we headed back to JC. All in all, a good day.
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