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<DIV><FONT size=2>Here is the official website <A
href="http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/">http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Here is my own view of it <A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c_eTnFYsJ8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c_eTnFYsJ8</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Sculptor J Seward Johnson is one of the J & J heirs. He
has a lot of pieces located in various places. For example, if you've ever been
to Haines Point in DC, you may have seen his Awakening, a metal giant arising
out of the ground (it's since been moved a few miles away). Wife and I stayed at
the St Gregory in DC and were surprised to see in their lobby Marilyn Monroe in
her famous pose with the skirt over the subway grate from the movie Some
Like It Hot. Traveling around the streets of western Central Jersey, esp
Hamilton Twp near Trenton, one will often see his life-size, realistic bronze
figures, sitting or standing in a park or on a sidewalk. If you go to DC on
Amtrak you can see from the train at least one large piece (an Indian Warrior on
horseback) near the small local station there. Anyway, the old Trenton
Fairgrounds is now Grounds for Sculpture. There are pieces by many sculptors,
and a marvelous water-feature garden, but my favorites are some famous paintings
by Manet, Renoir and more, that have been duplicated in life-sized sculptures by
Johnson and are in a beautiful, landscaped setting. It's a
must-see.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Many apologies for temporarily hi-jacking a cycling site with
all of this, I'll try to confine myself more to cycling in the future, but
when I saw that Steve lived in Hamilton Twp, the idea for a Ride to see some of
the pieces, ending at the Grounds, came to me...hope someone else might find
that interesting. I think October'd be a good time for that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>In the meantime, Lambertville anyone?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Clay</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Okay, I have heard enough about the Grounds for Sculpture without knowing
anything about it or its location. Can you guys tell me an address or an
intersection and town so I can check into it further!? Maybe a website
to check it out?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV>Jeff Fields</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:clay@njsouth.com
href="mailto:clay@njsouth.com">Clay Mikolasy</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>I have an idea for an early-mid October ride (Grounds for Sculpture is
particularly beautiful at that time of year, and the water garden should
still be running--it gets shut down when the frost begins), if sculptor J
Seward Johnson still has sculptures placed all around Hamilton Township and
probably elsewhere (used to be some in Princeton). How about a sculpture
ride, traveling from one piece to another and ending up at Grounds for
Sculpture for a visit? </DIV>
<DIV>And one other: I'd like to do a Lambertville-Frenchtown-Milford trip
sometime soon.</DIV>
<DIV>Clay</DIV>
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<DIV>Yup, I live about 2-3 miles from the Grounds for Sculpture and have
been there several times. -Steve</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/25/2009 6:49:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <A
title=mailto:clay@njsouth.com
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<DIV>Wife and I really enjoyed reading your report!! Thank you so much!
You must live near Grounds for Sculpture--Great Place!</DIV>
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<DIV>Here's a brief report on the 255 mile, 5 day tour of Pa. I did
last week.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The idea for this tour started when I signed up for a
weekend Amish country ride with Country Roads Bicycle
Tours <A title=http://www.crbyt.com/index.html
href="http://www.crbyt.com/index.html">http://www.crbyt.com/index.html</A>,
a small outfit with whom I have done two other tours in the past.
The tour included two nights at a motel in Strasburg, a quaint
little town located in the midst of Amish country, a few miles
southeast of Lancaster, Pa. Naturally, I figured it would be more
fun and adventurous to leave the car at home and get to Strasburg
and back on my trusty old "Lightning P38" recumbent (with its F40
nose cone in front for a little extra speed).</DIV>
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<DIV>The main issue in planning the route was how to get through or
around the Philadelphia area. Fortunately, there's a
Philadelphia regional bike map that covers southeastern
Pa. (and also a big chunk of NJ), with roads color-coded to
show which ones are best and which are the worst. The Pa. Department
of Transportation has also mapped out various bike routes that
criss-cross the state. One of them, namely "Pa. Bike Route E", goes
from Trenton through central Philly to Delaware and is part of
the East Coast Greenway Route from Maine to Florida.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I left my home in Hamilton Square, NJ (near Trenton) last
Thursday morning and headed for downtown Philadelphia,
following Route E for a substantial part of the way. Most of the
streets along Route E have bike lanes, but much of the route is
on major streets and highways that also have a lot of traffic,
as I discovered on a trip I did last year. Accordingly, I used the
bike map to locate alternate streets with less traffic for
parts of the 38 mile route.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Once in Philly, I checked out Jay's recumbent shop on the north
side of town (Their selection of bents in stock turned out to be
somewhat limited.), then used one of those coupons you get at
freeway rest areas to book a room at the Holiday Inn for $89. The
hotel is in a great location - right in the middle of Philly's
historic district, a block from Independence Mall. (I suspect the
$89 rate is probably not available on weekends.) After lunch at a
nearby deli, I had the rest of the day to do a few things in Philly.
I checked out the museum of Jewish history located a few steps from
the hotel -- an interesting place, but really just a preview of the
"real" museum that is currently under construction next door. The
$150 million edifice is being built on the mall and is scheduled to
open in November 2010.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The next day's ride was 62 miles to Strasburg, mainly
along secondary roads that run parallel to Route 30, the main
highway between Philly and Lancaster: Haverford Ave, Haverford Rd,
Conestoga Rd, King Rd, Boot Rd, Rt. 30B, Valley Rd, etc. After
stopping for lunch in the small town of Coatesville, I entered
Lancaster County, where I suddenly found myself immersed in a
bucolic landscape with horse-drawn plows working in the fields,
women in long dark dresses working in their yards, and thousands of
cows grazing on the hillsides. It felt good to arrive in Amish
country!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>After checking into the motel in Strasburg, I noticed a broken
spoke on my front wheel and wondered how long it had been that way.
Luckily, I was able to get the spoke replaced at a local bike shop
that stayed open late on Fridays, then met the other riders on the
tour, a congenial group of 10 people, with ages ranging from 11 to
70. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>On Saturday we rode a few miles to visit the "Amish Village"
and a few more miles to Intercourse for lunch consisting of
pretzels stuffed with either sausage or pizza ingredients. The
afternoon was spent zig-zagging along back roads amidst the Amish
farm country east of Lancaster, hoping that it wouldn't rain (which
it didn't). Since this was supposed to be a "rest day" for me and
the skies looked threatening, I opted for the shorter ride of 27
miles rather than the 46 mile ride. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Sunday's ride took us into the more rural and hilly landscape
southwest of Strasburg for a nice change of scenery. The entire
group opted for the shorter ride of only 15.5 miles, which seemed a
lot longer because of the hills, wind, and frequent turns. After a
gourmet farewell luncheon at a quaint old Strasburg
Inn, it was time to begin the trek home. I pedaled east toward
West Chester, a nice town about half way toward Philadelphia, where
I used another discount coupon to get a room at a Microtel Inn at
the edge of town. After a shower and brief rest, I got back on the
bike and rode into the center of town for a good meal and a quick
tour of the town with its many stately old brick houses and college
campus. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The trip back was not without a few challenges. In addition to
being more hilly, I encountered two "bridge out" signs along
the route - one on Sunday and another on Monday. To make matters
worse, the Philly regional bike map I was using to navigate had
mislabeled 2 of the roads along my route, causing me to make a
wrong turn at one of them. These pitfalls resulted in about 3
to 4 extra miles each day, for a total of 37.5 miles Sunday
afternoon and another 67 miles on Monday. Monday's ride was
particularly challenging, following an intricate route through
Conshohocken and the suburban area north of Philly, then back
through Trenton. The many hills often had stop signs or red lights
near the bottom that served to kill my momentum. But the
various detours along the way took me to some lovely secluded
back roads and past some magnificent stone mansions, so I can't
really complain. All in all, it was a really fun
experience.</DIV></FONT>
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