Author: Paco Marshall
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Cycling to Key West FL; December 12 – 14, 2025
In my seventy years I had never booked a flight for takeoff earlier than 6:00 AM. Nevertheless I was prepped for this spur of the moment Florida trip. With American Airlines credit card miles burning a hole in my pocket, destinations like Miami where there are nonstops from Raleigh/Durham seemed particularly enticing. It was freezing…
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Myrtle Beach SC; November 22-24, 2025
I keep coming back to cycle through beach towns particularly because some, only some, have long street grids allowing cycling for miles and miles in a straight line through almost traffic-free residential areas. I had been to Myrtle Beach SC before and it is an acquired taste. Especially away from beachside residential areas and out…
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Biking up to Henderson NC;November 16-17,2025
Warm sunny weather was predicted for the next three days before an extended period of rain and cold. I hatched an idea; why not take three days to bike from my home in Chapel Hill NC up to Petersburg or Richmond VA? As it turned out, I did not make it that far but I…
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Day trip to Erwin and Dunn, North Carolina; November 8, 2025
I have a weakness for all-female rock and roll bands. During the 1980’s the Go Go’s were certainly the best of the lot but I also listened to the Bangles. (Walk Like an Egyptian!) Tootie and I saw the Bangles once, at the outdoor Audubon Zoo venue in New Orleans about 1988. They broke up…
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