Category: Central North Carolina trips
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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…
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Sunday morning; Sanford NC in the heat; July 19, 2020
There’s a pandemic and it is hot. What to do? Whatever bike riding one does, it has to be done early. I left home at 6:45 AM and drove the white Prius thirty-five miles from Chapel Hill NC to the northern edge of Sanford NC. I skipped breakfast and coffee. Sanford (population 28,000)…
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The Coronavirus Diaries, Part Sixteen: Laurinburg and its unusual airport; May 26, 2020
I parked at a gas station/mini-mart just to the north of town. There seemed to be plenty of spaces so maybe no one would care if I left our car there for 3 – 4 hours. I was about a mile north of downtown Laurinburg. Laurinburg (population 16,000) is ninety miles south…
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