The amusement park at the boardwalk was shrouded in fog, but actually looked pretty cool.
Instead of following the bike route we stayed on the boardwalk until it ended and then backtracked to the route. It was just too much fun!
We rode over a long bridge on Highway 36 because it was the only way to get across the bay. It was foggy on the bridge but most of us had lights on our bikes, and the drivers were considerate of us. We rode through the small town of Tom's River and then got on the Barnegat Branch Trail, a lovely but unpaved rail trail.
We stopped for lunch and the strangest thing happened: It started raining as soon as we got in the restaurant. It rained through lunch, and let up just as we were finishing... then it started pouring again so we ordered dessert. By the time we were done eating our dessert the rain had stopped and it did not rain again today!
We got back on the trail and rode it as far as we could before getting on the busy Highway 9.
Everyone we met on the boardwalk and the bike trail was nice to us. The man above told us about the train that used to run in this corridor. It was hard to break away from him--I think he was lonely.
We finally got on highway 9 and made the turn onto 72 heading toward Long Beach Island. When we got to the last turn before the causeway Bill and Doris were waiting by the side of the road. The bridge was under construction and there were signs posted "no bikes allowed on bridge". We were just a couple of miles from our motel so we loaded the bikes and drove across the bridge to the motel.
We tried to walk out for ice cream, but the places that our phones told us were open were not. We went to 3 different ones. Fred finally went back for the car and Fred and Doris and Bill and I drove about 5 miles before we found ice cream. Then we went to the beach. I was the only one to wade into the surf and it was not even cold!
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