An August 2001 trip to New Hope by Magellan
Quote: A 170-mile up-and-back hump through the worst of Philadephia's urban sprawl for lunch and walkabout at New Hope, Pa.
Overview
Restaurant | "Havana"
Member Rating 2 out of 5 on August 14, 2001
Havana Bar 105 S Main St New Hope, Pennsylvania 18938 (215) 862-9897
Attraction | "Image Makers Art, Inc."
As a 'Head of some 30 years standing, though, finding this gallery, even if it is crassly consumeristic, made New Hope a little less unbearable.
BTW, Image Makers also features work by Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart, and Tony Bennett.
Member Rating 4 out of 5 on August 14, 2001
Image Makers Art Inc 12 W Mechanic Street New Hope, Pennsylvania 18938 (215) 862-4858
Story/Tip
Which wouldn't have been all that disappointing if the ride up hadn't been so challenging. It was a hot, humid day and riding a motorcycle through 80 miles of mall traffic is about as much fun as sitting on the stove for an hour. The roads are a brutal combination of cracked pavement and half-finished construction. Above West Chester, for instance, we were reduced to riding on a foot-wide strip of pavement that dropped three inches onto loose gravel. You notice these things on a motorcycle.
The thunderstorm on the way back was interesting only because the ride leader apparently did not notice the three inches of rain that fell in 20 minutes.
The final Mel Brooksian insult came the next day, however, when I noticed I had cracked Nadine's front wheel, probably on that filling-rattling pothole I caught on the way into Valley Forge. Poor Nadine. She has been in the shop since last week. Poor me. It's going to cost a ton of money to get her out, which I hope happens soon because I have a bunch of rides coming up.
New Hope is just another spot on the map. Getting there aboard a motorcycle is what makes it memorable.
Magellan Wilmington, Delaware