PALS poker ride: Everyone draws a card at the start. A 2nd, 3rd and 4th card at each stop and a final card at the end of the ride at Hopewell Valley Vineyards. Some great prizes-Digital camcorder, Panasonic Digital Camera, Gift certificates at various bike dealers and some local restaurants, plus hats, T-shirts...
I started out with a group of 14 bikes and fell to the rear of the formation to get a shot of the group. The picture on the left was taken on Rt518 between Princeton and Hopewell. Trying to juggle the camera and ride the motorcycle proved to be a challenge. So this is the only on-the-road shot. You can see the mist on my windscreen. It was that way most of the ride. No rain but 100% plus humidity and cool temps-low 60's
The first stop was at Princeton Airport shown on the left. The riders seen arriving are Sergio Neri, who sponsored and hosted the riders at his Hopewell Valley Vineyard with his companion Violetta.
2nd stop at Sky Manor Airport,-Pittstown, NJ
3rd stop at Van Sant Airport in Erwinna, PA. This is a great sod strip airport reminiscent of the early days of flying with lots of antique aircraft.
Returning to Pennington takes you through
the Frankenfield covered bridge(1872)
The ride ended at the Hopewell Valley.(click the title of this blog to link to the Vineyard website)
The vineyard is a great place to visit. It started in 2002 and is now 75 acres of grapevines. They produce some pretty good local wines and import grapes from their vineyard in the Chianti region of Italy for producing additional wines. If you haven't been here, let me suggest a visit to their Wed or Fri Happy Hour, or one of the scheduled weekend family events
Had a wonderful ride through some beautiful parts of NJ and Pennsylvania on Saturday. The weather was not terrific as you can see, but it was great for a motorcycle ride. We met at Pennington Market. My guess is there were about 25 bikes in support of the Pennington Autistic Lifetime Services (PALS)
I started out with a group of 14 bikes and fell to the rear of the formation to get a shot of the group. The picture on the left was taken on Rt518 between Princeton and Hopewell. Trying to juggle the camera and ride the motorcycle proved to be a challenge. So this is the only on-the-road shot. You can see the mist on my windscreen. It was that way most of the ride. No rain but 100% plus humidity and cool temps-low 60'sThe first stop was at Princeton Airport shown on the left. The riders seen arriving are Sergio Neri, who sponsored and hosted the riders at his Hopewell Valley Vineyard with his companion Violetta.2nd stop at Sky Manor Airport,-Pittstown, NJ
3rd stop at Van Sant Airport in Erwinna, PA. This is a great sod strip airport reminiscent of the early days of flying with lots of antique aircraft.
Returning to Pennington takes you throughthe Frankenfield covered bridge(1872)
The ride ended at the Hopewell Valley.(click the title of this blog to link to the Vineyard website)
The vineyard is a great place to visit. It started in 2002 and is now 75 acres of grapevines. They produce some pretty good local wines and import grapes from their vineyard in the Chianti region of Italy for producing additional wines. If you haven't been here, let me suggest a visit to their Wed or Fri Happy Hour, or one of the scheduled weekend family events
3 comments:
Hope you won with four aces!
Cindy
Thanks Uncle Mike!
Love, Cole
I was wondering about the ride but haven't had much of an opportunity to catch up with you. Nice pictures, as always. We miss you! Can't wait to see you Friday.
Love E
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