Author: Paco Marshall
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A lifetime of biking to haircuts and my new perfect barber shop; September 23, 2023
Is it just me or does anyone else feel uncomfortable in a barber chair, not knowing what to talk about? I hate having to make small talk. I do not recall ever driving a car somewhere to get my hair cut. I have always gone by bicycle. Even as a kid in Virginia Beach I…
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Exploring a few of North Carolina’s textile towns; September 1, 2023
I have a friend. He has a friend. I have met his friend only once or twice. The friend of the friend has lived almost his entire life in a secondary California city where agriculture is its biggest business. A couple of years ago he and his wife of many years decided they needed a…
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Cleveland OH to Erie PA to Buffalo NY, along the south shore of Lake Erie; August 12-16, 2023
I have always had a soft spot for Cleveland OH, maybe because I was a huge fan of Cleveland’s killer but misunderstood 1970’s rock band, The Raspberries. Going up there to bicycle would bring the promise of cooler weather. Why not attempt to bicycle from Cleveland to Buffalo along the south shore of Lake Erie?…
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Blue Ridge Parkway, Roaring Gap NC to Roanoke VA, July 16-19, 2023
I had been bicycling on the Blue Ridge Parkway for about two hours when I came upon a picnic area called Cumberland Knob. Just south of the North Carolina/Virginia state line a marker indicated the spot where construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway began September 11, 1935. The Cumberland Knob picnic area was built only…
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