Month: January 2013
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Fort Lauderdale to Key West, Jan 12 – 16, 2013
South Florida remains one of the most interesting places in America. I am not saying it is a great place, but it certainly is an interesting place. Like the rest of America, it is becoming broken up into various strains of red and blue, not to mention all the ethnicities involved. This ride would take […]
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Remote town with a future; Chase City VA, 1/6/2013
Because I am looking for urban spaces to discover by bicycle, I do make it my hobby to visit as just about every city and town within a hundred and fifty miles of Carrboro. I have not seen everything, for certain. I do not do a lot of background research on the places. […]
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The South: Darlington-Cheraw SC, Dec. 1-2, 2012
The flat coastal plains of Darlington County stretched out ahead of me; cotton fields and trailers strewn across the landscape. Was this what Bruce Springsteen had in mind when he wrote the song “Darlington County”? This is an area northwest of Myrtle Beach, just over the North Carolina line from Laurenburg and Rockingham. Rural South […]
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