Written by Kim
After a few days of rainy weather inside, today we continued our journey on the Raritan Canal trail with a 3.7 mile walk from Manville to South Bound Brook. It was a little cooler today – although it was 57 was breezy so when the sun was behind clouds it was a bit nippy. Despite the breeze it’s always good for the soul to breathe fresh air and get off the treadmill 🤪
In the beginning of this leg we passed through Zarephath which is the communal home of the Pillar of Fire church. It’s a group of building with a community of about 40 residents, a church, school, and publishing facilities. I read that this community has been inactive since the 70s due to flooding so I don’t believe anyone lives here now but the church and school are still operating.
The path is quite similar to the other 2 legs at some points the canal was not right next to the river (as it normally is) but then we crossed the river where the trail was side-by-side with the river.
We’ve done about 10 miles of the 38. More to come later in the week hopefully if the weather holds out.
