Author: Paco Marshall
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Rocky Mount NC to Tarboro NC, and back, Oct 25, 2018
I put my new bicycle in the back of the Prius and drove a hundred miles east from Chapel Hill NC to Rocky Mount NC. I found a parking lot downtown where I could leave the car for a few hours. There is plenty of parking in downtown Rocky Mount. Yes, I…
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Eastern Pennsylvania with the guys, Oct 13 – 18, 2018
On this six day jaunt myself and two friends managed to visit Richmond, Baltimore, Lancaster and Philadelphia all in a six day bicycle trip. This trip put our relationship with our work life in focus. Careerwise the three of us have completely different work situations. Lyman, an architect, is proud to say he…
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East side of Winston-Salem and the stock car museum, Oct. 3, 2018
I have been married to Tootie for thirty-five years. I have been to her hometown of Winston-Salem (twin city!) more times than I can count. I can honestly say it is almost a second or third home to me. Everything I ever did in Winston-Salem was on the west side. Everything. The west side is…
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West Virginia Panhandle to Pittsburgh, September 22-24, 2018
I loaded the Surly Long Haul Trucker bicycle in the back of our inherited 2005 Toyota Prius and started driving north and northwest from Chapel Hill at 6:45 AM. I had plotted that I could drive on Interstate highway all the way to Wheeling, West Virginia in about seven hours, mostly on I-77.…
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