Month: June 2019
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Ride out Long Island, south shore, May 30 – June 3, 2019
This trip had been on my bucket list of many years, to ride the length of Long Island. To a Southerner, Long Island seemed this exotic place, its New Yorkedness accentuated by its physical isolation. (Those living on Long Island essentially have to go through New York City to go anywhere else.) Was […]
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New London, Connecticut to southern Rhode Island June 3 -5, 2019
Arriving into New London CT by ferry the steeply gabled houses and rocky coastline immediately screamed “New England.” New London CT is not a fru-fru place. While not a complete wreck like Bridgeport CT or Trenton NJ, New London looks like a working class town just trying to get by. I find it […]
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