Author: Paco Marshall
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LAX to San Diego, January 19 -22, 2019
I picked a spot at the edge of a parking lot of the Crowne Plaza Los Angeles Airport and put the folding Bike Friday together, under the watchful eye of a cab driver. Because I was already out west on a three day vacation to Las Vegas, I had taken a few more days to…
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Downtown Los Angeles to LAX airport, January 22-23, 2019
My bicycle suitcase was stored at an airport hotel near LAX, about twenty miles from downtown L.A. I arrived by Amtrak to the downtown Los Angeles Union Station at 4:30 PM, coming up from San Diego with the bicycle. Union Station opened in 1939 and exhibits Art Deco calligraphy. It provides an interesting architectural contrast…
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Bicycling Las Vegas, January 18, 2019
We did not come to Las Vegas to bicycle around. I came with Tootie and her sister Kathryn for a three day vacation. Still, I brought the Bike Friday in a suitcase so I could maybe noodle around Vegas. (Southwest Airlines does not charge for luggage!) Later I would I use this opportunity…
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Raleigh/Durham commuter train; it does exist, January 7, 2019
Raleigh is at least thirty-five miles by bicycle from my home on the Chapel Hill / Carrboro line. Sure, I have completed that 70+ mile roundtrip once or twice during the past thirty years, but such a ride is a stretch, especially on a route that involves lots of stops and starts and turns.…
urban bicycle journeys 