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This is hike #30 ("The Delaware River Valley-Stockton to Lambertville") in
Hiking New Jersey: A Guide to 50 of the Garden State's Greatest
Hiking Adventures (1st edition). Last month we did an 8-mile loop along and across the Delaware River which also began in Stockton, New Jersey and went north to
Bull's Island. That was hike #29 from the aforementioned book. Today's hike is meant to be a companion hike to that hike. This time we walked south to lovely Lambertville, NJ, then
crossed over the Delware River to the
even more beautiful New Hope, Pennsylvania. After walking around for a bit, we walked the towpath of the Delaware Canal (not to be confused with the Delaware and Raritan Canal)
north to Centre Bridge, PA, before finally crossing back into Stockton, NJ. After the nearly 7-mile walk, we had lunch at Meil's Restaurant in Stockton, where the potato
pancakes were some of the best I've ever eaten. But the prices were quite high -- $13 for a veggie sandwich with a side!
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 Sundial near trailhead |
 Trail of the Bel-Del railroad |
 Not sure what this was |
 But it was interesting |
 Mile marker on rail trail |
 Deck-girder bridge over canal |
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 Gorgeous tree |
 Delaware River to our right |
 Cormorants in river |
 View to Pennsylvania |
 D & R feeder canal |
 Quarry mill on Mt. Gilboa |
 Defunct Mt. Gilboa railroad bridge |
 View south from under bridge |
 Canal looking south [photo by Laura] |
 Approaching Rt. 202 |
 Trail crosses canal here |
 Rails still in place |
 View of canal looking south |
 Fence for Jimison Farm |
 Crab apples |
 Jimison Farm |
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 Aqueduct |
 Aqueduct |
 View from opposite side |
 At least five turtles sunning |
 RR girder-bridge at Bum Junction |
 View from under bridge |
 RR girder-bridge |
 Wild flowers on canal bank |
 Turtle sunning |
 Old house in Lambertville |
 Bamboo along path |
 Path passes backyards |
 And sleeping cats [photo by Laura] |
 Canal at Lambertville |
 Lovely ivy-covered building |
 Ducks at canal |
 More ducks |
 More wild flowers |
 View north |
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 In Lambertville |
 New Hope-Lambertville bridge |
 Fisherman standing in Delaware |
 Heading back to the bank |
 Paddler near Bucks County Playhouse |
 Fishing in river (view north) |
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 Sculpture overlooking river |
 Parry Mansion |
 Gates of original jail |
 Vansant House |
 Dragon sculpture |
 Main Street, New Hope |
 New Hope shop [photo by Laura] |
 Ferry Street Bridge |
 Squirrel on Delware towpath |
 Train at former Reading Railroad station |
 Delaware Canal in PA |
 Cat tails and locomotive |
 Vulture |
 Jet and vapor trails |
 Kitties |
 Yield to mules! |
 Delaware River and Rt. 202 bridge |
 Storybook Cottage on towpath |
 Rt. 202 bridge |
 Powerline cut |
 Totem pole on river bank |
 Historical kiosk points out ... |
 ... home of artist William L. Lathrop |
 Heading north |
 Mansions across the canal |
 Beautiful path |
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 View of Centre Bridge over Delaware |
 Old growth |
 What the? A Chia mule? |
 Path along river |
 Cana boats behind Centre Bridge Inn |
 Closer view |
 On the Centre Bridge |
 Looking towards PA |
 Inside Meil's for lunch |
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