Category: Central North Carolina trips
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The Coronavirus Diaries, part fifteen: Carthage to Pinehurst NC, May 23, 2020
Where to go now? How about the area south of Sanford NC, on US15-501? I chose Carthage NC (population 2,200) which is fifty miles and a one hour car drive from my home in Chapel Hill. I parked our Prius at a farm store. I figured no one would care if I…
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The Coronavirus Diaries, part Thirteen: Noodling though Raleigh; May 8, 2020
It was another beautiful spring day during a coronavirus pandemic. I had to stay close to home so that I could bike ride in just a few hours and still drive home. I had to do the entire ride without stopping to buy food or water and not talking to anyone. (Keep social distance!)…
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The Coronavirus Diaries, Part Twelve; Reidsville NC; May 3, 2020
It is sixty miles and a one hour drive from our Chapel Hill apartment to the Reidsville exit off US 29, twenty-five miles north of Greensboro. North Carolina passed a law back in 1988 that raised the gas tax but the proceeds could only be used to building freeway outer loops around the largest cities…
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The Coronavirus Diaries: Part Eleven: Stoneville to Eden NC; April 26, 2020
On these coronavirus rides I drive my car somewhere and take a bike ride of just a few hours. I keep totally away from people. I do not stop at any establishments. I bring my own food and water. My son Jack’s girlfriend Mary Hannah is now is in graduate school at UNC but was…
urban bicycle journeys 