Author: Paco Marshall
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To York PA via the Northern Central Railroad trail 9/14-15/2014
This trip was a one nighter. I had repeatedly seen the Northern Central Railroad bike path on the map when I was looking for interesting places to bike ride. I had avoided it because I had found rail trails to be sometimes boring, less interesting than riding on a conventional road. This particular…
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Multiculturalism in Cary NC; September 7, 2014
I biked from Chapel Hill to Raleigh and back last Sunday. Much of the ride goes through Cary. People in Chapel Hill give Cary a lot of grief; they deride it as faceless suburbia. Indeed, there are miles and miles of subdivisions with names like The Villages at Prestonwood. But I defy anyone to…
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The Washington Suburbs, August 30-Sept. 1, 2014
Let me get a couple of things off my chest. First; I now am stopping at red lights. I have been doing this for about a month. I know, I know, some of you may be shocked. But bicycling in cities has become more established, and to get the respect of motorists, we do have…
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Amsterdam, South Holland, and Utrecht: August 12-19, 2014
Three days after Tootie returned from our weeklong trip to the Netherlands, she told a friend “That was the best vacation I have ever had.” We had spent a week cycling around the countryside and cities south of Amsterdam. We flew to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport taking our own bicycles with us. I…
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