morrisville walk

Today Bonnie and I did the Morrisville AVA walk. It's the small Pennsylvania town across the river from Trenton.  These summer mid-week walks need to be 1-2 hours away and involve a road trip. It's important that they aren't in the Lehigh Valley.

I've done the walk before.  But Bonnie is trying to finish up some of her special program books and this one has a lot of them. So off we went.

It took us about 1.5 hours to get there on the back roads. We tried using Starr, but she kept wanting us to go down highways. Who wants to use a highway when the river is so beautiful? Finally we turned her off.

After checking in at the Quality Inn, we set off. First stop was the bridge to Trenton. I quickly remembered that there is little shade on this route.

The route goes thru the government area, and then back over another bridge in Pennsylvania. It returns us to the start point via the D&L Canal Towpath. The comfort station was one of the best I've seen. It's a I-4.5.

I packed lunch—a Moroccan Bulgar Salad— I found it many years ago in a Cooking Light magazine. It's great because it doesn't really need refrigeration. (I used brown rice. Bonnie can't have bulgar.) Though I had everything packed in one of the grocery cooler bags with a bottle of ice. It was delicious.

Bonnie needed gas so we headed over the bridge to Trenton for the last day of cheap gas. We couldn't find a gas station. So we decided to follow Rt. 32 back to Washington Crossing and cross the bridge there. Success.

Then it was back to Pennsylvania and we headed toward home. On 412, we stopped at Owowocow for freshly made ice cream. Why did I get a banana split? It seemed like a good idea at the time. It was just way too rich and I threw half of it out.

One more stop at the local butcher in Hellertown and we were home by 3:30. A good day.