Category: Central North Carolina trips
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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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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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