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I needed to save as much weight as possible, so the camera was a luxury
item I left behind. Water was more important as in the past week, there
have been two local biking incidents (one death) related to the heat.
It’s hot and getting hotter as we peddle through all of the great
trails like Drunken Sailer and Crack Head Bob. We even get to sample
some of the new stuff recently cut for the race in a few weeks, which
the Poker Run course follows. The heat finally get’s me and I call it
at 18 miles. For all the pain and heat, I get a lousy pair of fours
which nets me no prize.
Sunday was supposed to be a trip to Allamuchy to train for the 24 hour
race. With the temps remaining high and the added bonus of more
humidity, we cancel the ride and turn to the water instead. John
Tannock, his wife, and friend join me for some Pine Barrons kayaking on
the Batsto River. Get shuttle up river for a three hour tour. The water
is beautiful and the scenery is too.

All along the river and throughout the Pinelands are some terrific old
structures, foundations, and history. The area today is used for
raising Cranberries, but prior to that it was used to mine bog iron.
Remnants of the past are every as is this old bridge foundation
probably dating back to the late 1700’s.

John navigates the mighty (not) Batsto:

I demonstrate the fine art of NOT white water kayaking:

Heading down the river we come across this shell of a rather large
boat. It’s obviously very big to have been floating down this three
foot deep river. Maybe a storm dragged it down?

Ok, so it’s not mountain biking but it sure beat the heat and I finally got the kayak out of lakes and onto a river.