Category: Central North Carolina trips
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Cycling for Tomatoes, July 2026
Tomatoes occupy a special place in Tootie’s and my diet in Chapel Hill NC. On Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings during the prime tomato season of July, August, and September I bicycle one mile west to Carrboro Farmer’s Market. My friends Cindy and John Soehner and their family are a favorite vendor. Here John sells…
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A Chapel Hill bike ride cut short; June 5, 2026
On both my out-of-town trips and around town I usually ride a blue Bike Friday. This photo was taken a month ago in Spain. I can be slack about bicycle maintenance which should be done BEFORE something breaks but I often sadly wait until the part in question snaps off or the tire goes flat.…
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Biking up to Henderson NC;November 16-17,2025
Warm sunny weather was predicted for the next three days before an extended period of rain and cold. I hatched an idea; why not take three days to bike from my home in Chapel Hill NC up to Petersburg or Richmond VA? As it turned out, I did not make it that far but I…
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Cycling up to Danville VA; August 12-13, 2025
Both Tootie and I use bicycles to accomplish much of our shopping and daily errands. Until recently we had two cars but her late mother’s 2004 Honda Accord with 197,000 miles was deteriorating, sometimes sitting unused for months at a time. Two weeks ago after I had to pay over three hundred dollars to fix…
urban bicycle journeys 