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Gentlemen! I had to scroll through eight pages of threads before I got to this one! We have to up our game!
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But to the point:

October Century completed! And man, what a day for it.

I got out of the house at 6:45 AM, just as the sky was lightening. Glad to have a good headlight, though. Saw several deer standing around in fields and even right by the side of the road. My ride took me south-east past the town of Allentown, PA; all familiar so far. But this time I took a new route, taking me farther east than usual. Big sky country! And note, not a cloud in the sky.

and then south, past an old cemetery on Emlay's Hill:

and soon found a classic NJ sand road. I have in the past tried to avoid these, but I am gaining an appreciation. This looks awful but was actually a hard enough surface that I could roll along at a good speed:

until I realized where I was. I was directly south of the 'African Safari' section of Great Adventure amusement park.

I managed to sneak up to the fence and take a couple photos


before a pickup truck painted in zebra stripes appeared out of nowhere. The driver told me, very politely, that I was on private property and should stay on the road. I apologized for my transgression and went on my way.

A little while later I stopped for coffee and donuts:


And turned south for a while, eventually getting into the pinelands proper. Again, the sand roads... not as bad as I thought!

though there are puddles:


(to be continued)