Category: Maryland trips
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Tour of the Eastern Shore during a pandemic; October 8 – 14, 2020
The Maryland / Delaware / Virginia Eastern Shore is also called the Delmarva Peninsula. I wanted to tour some of it by bicycle with my friend Lyman. Back in 1974-78 I went to college on the Eastern Shore: Washington College in Chestertown MD. Chestertown is a quaint eighteenth century town on the northern part of…
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Cycling the Mason-Dixon Line, October 3-4, 2019
Starting in the northern tip of Virginia near Winchester VA there is a stretch of the Shenandoah / Cumberland valley where you can pass through four states (Virginia / West Virginia / Maryland / Pennsylvania) in a forty mile stretch. In modern terminology this would be described as part of “the I-81 corridor.”…
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Eastern Pennsylvania with the guys, Oct 13 – 18, 2018
On this six day jaunt myself and two friends managed to visit Richmond, Baltimore, Lancaster and Philadelphia all in a six day bicycle trip. This trip put our relationship with our work life in focus. Careerwise the three of us have completely different work situations. Lyman, an architect, is proud to say he…
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Trump Country, April 29 – May 1, 2017
About two years ago I read the 2007 book Deer Hunting with Jesus by columnist Joe Bageant. Joe grew up poor white working class in Winchester, Virginia. His book is about rediscovering Winchester after living elsewhere. While Joe’s politics, at least on the economic front, are quite leftist, ten years ago he…
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