Category: Central North Carolina trips
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Cycling home from Pittsboro NC at thirty degrees; January 2, 2025
It was cold outside. Tootie had a dermatologist’s appointment in Pittsboro NC at 9:15 AM on a Thursday. Why not get a lift from her and bike back to Chapel Hill? With the Bike Friday in the back of our Ford Escape Hybrid we drove the sixteen miles down to Pittsboro. It was Tootie’s appointment…
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Christmas season in Fayetteville NC; December 17, 2024
Fayetteville, North Carolina? A lovely clear warm winter day was predicted with highs in the upper sixties. I wanted to take a day trip; to drive to an interesting place and then bicycle around. Tootie and I have two cars, more than we generally need; a 2021 Ford Escape Hybrid and a 2004 Honda Accord…
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Dinner in Raleigh NC, November 9, 2024
Tootie bought an electric-assist bicycle this past summer mostly to ride the three miles to Dave and Louise’s house. They have a swimming pool and we have pretty much an open swimming invitation. Tootie loves to swim laps. Furthermore, hanging with Dave or Louise or other friends around their pool is a calming presence in…
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Croissant update; August 4, 2024
This week I discovered a development in the ongoing croissant controversy. It involves Starbucks. There are larger problems in America, and the world, than coffee houses serving stale croissants. Nevertheless the issue keeps coming up, at least to me. A croissant should be flaky and crispy. To be this way it needs to have been…
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