Author: Paco Marshall
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City Bike Trip: Philadelphia PA to Princeton NJ, May 13, 2014
I had been really worried the days leading up to this ride. Philadelphia has forty thousand abandoned buildings. I had thought the first fifteen miles of this trip through North Philadelphia would be through dangerous slums; boarded up houses with white tee shirted young men lingering on the corners. The Wire. I did…
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Delaware, May 10 and 13, 2015
Finding a legal place to park the Ford Focus for four days in Dover DE was difficult. I finally parked the car in front a housing project near the state capital. That afternoon I cycled the fifty something miles down to the ferry landing at Lewes DE, for the ferry to Cape May NJ. Delaware…
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Cycling the other side of Richmond VA 4/19/2014
The northeast side of Richmond is pleasant architecturally. It is cut off from the wealthier side of town by I-64. I biked through quiet streets, but I could not help but try to ride quickly. Was I correct in not feeling safe? This poor side of Richmond eventually crosses into Henrico County. On the…
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Lawn Guyland, 3/29-4/02, 2014
Lyman and I delayed starting our three day bike ride from Brooklyn to the eastern tip of Long Island because of weather: rainy, with temperatures in the thirties. We finally started Monday morning east of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, with a prediction that the weather would clear by noon. A mix of drizzle and…
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