Author: Paco Marshall
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Myrtle Beach SC, March 15-16,2016
I did my first Tour of Myrtle Beach a little over two years ago. In the spirit of investigation, I decided to revisit the place. Let me clear two misconceptions about Myrtle Beach. The main attraction, whatever that attraction is, is probably not the beach. Not everybody who visits here is from The South. So…
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Jacksonville Skyline, March 5, 2016
Another version. (Can you imagine keeping everyone waiting while on national television?) Jacksonville, North Carolina, population 70,000 is the largest city in North Carolina that I had never visited. Its location is remote, Down East near the coast, but still not at an actual beach. It is a military town dominated by…
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Charlotte to Greensboro to Chapel Hill, a la carte, Feb. 25-27, 2016
I was almost done with my month-long sobriety; no alcohol during February. I had done this as a self-imposed act of denial, sort of Lent for a non-believer, suggested by a friend in Chapel Hill who was doing the same. Still on the wagon, I took off to bicycle 163 miles in three days…
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Central New Jersey, February 6, 2015
I drove in a rental car up to Princeton to stay with my sister Betsy, and see my brother Alex and his band perform in Brooklyn. My major plans for a huge New Jersey ride went out the window. The weather, in New Jersey style, was just too unpleasant, and I scaled it back to…
urban bicycle journeys 