9/10/26 A new (to me) part of the Paulinskill trail

A seriously slow & muddy 9.8 miles on the Paulinskill trail today starting from Foot Bridge Park in Blairstown and heading north. Almost made it to the Stillwater rd crossing, but turned back because there was a huge muddy section which I did not want to deal with. Which is saying something considering some of the mud I’d already ridden through! There was even a section with a stream crossing back & forth across it , which was fine ‘cause it was very shallow. There were substantial stretches of the trail that were lovely. Temp was 86F and fairly humid. Met some very nice dogs walking with their humans, but no other cyclists. The bike & I both needed a good wash when we got home!

9/9/26- Wow! Thank you for Match day donations!! :)

Thank you everyone who donated yesterday on Donation Match Day! I received $1,222 in donations which brought me to a total of $1,620! Only $880 to go to hit my challenge target of $2,500 by the end of September!

Great Cycle Challenge USA as a whole raised $1,690,456 yesterday to fight kids' cancer... INCREDIBLE!

9/7/26 Labor Day Ride

Achieved 25% of my mileage ride goal of 250 miles this month today with a 22 mile ride on the Columbia Trail from High Bridge to (almost) Long Valley. For Monday Labor Day afternoon I had expected the trail to really be busy but it wasn’t much different from a normal week day. There were 3 trees down across the trail, One I was able to manage myself, the other required assistance and the 3rd had me just turn around and head back rather than deal with it. Weather was absolutely phenomenal.

Reminder that this Wednesday, Sept 9th is the Great Cycle Challenge Match Day, when all online donations received (up to 1.4M) are matched. It’s a Great Cycle Challenge USA way to make your $$ go further! Just go to my donation page at (greatcyclechallenge.com/riders/pameladulaff) Every dollar counts.

9/3/26 - 9.3 miles on Paulinskil

Station Rd to Lambert Rd which was a shorter ride than I’d planned on today as the Paulinskill trail was closed just off Lambert Rd going towards Footbridge Park. So only 9.3 miles under the wheels. Another very humid day with some very muddy spots interspersed between slippery single track trail. 218 miles to go.