Category: Central North Carolina trips
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Architecture: two hours cycling through west Raleigh, December 29, 2020
I drove the half hour over to Raleigh from my home in Chapel Hill. I like looking at buildings. I street parked on the near side in the neighborhood off Wade Avenue, just behind Whole Foods. It was cold outside, I had gloves and a hood. I started biking around, taking pictures of modern buildings…
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Thomasville NC to High Point NC, and back; December 9, 2020
Where to bike ride next? It was cold outside; winter has arrived. I wanted to ride but did not want to contribute to the pandemic by warming up inside a closed space like a coffee house or restaurant. I would have to do the bike ride in one fell swoop without rest stops. I drove…
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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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