Category: Central North Carolina trips
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Tour of Winston-Salem, November 5, 2020
It was two days after Election Day and the Presidential race had still not been decided. Totally unrelated to politics I decided to drive over to Winston-Salem and just cycle around. Why not just start bicycling and see what I see? Winston-Salem is is my wife Tootie’s hometown and I have been coming here for…
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Dilworth in Charlotte NC to South Carolina (and back); September 20, 2020
I parked the Prius on Pierce Street on the edge of the Dilworth neighborhood, about a mile south of downtown Charlotte NC. I had been a two to three hour drive from my home in Chapel Hill NC. I have had this idea about bicycling to Rock Hill SC since hearing years ago the…
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Looking for Richard Petty; Greensboro to Randleman NC, September 14, 2020
I parked the Prius at a Walmart on the southern fringe of Greensboro, just off the “new” I-85. It had been an hour’s drive from my home in Chapel Hill. This was to be a day trip, bicycling south towards Randleman NC, a town I had never visited. I had heard that area was…
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Yanceyville NC, Milton NC, and Danville VA all in one day August 23, 2020
I drove the Prius forty miles from our condo in Chapel Hill and parked it at a feed and hardware store just outside of Yanceyville NC. Everything was closed on a Sunday morning at 8:30 AM. Nobody would care if I park here for a few hours, right? I pulled the Bike Friday…
urban bicycle journeys 