Category: Midwest USA trips
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Chicago Midway to Milwaukee; September 8 – 12, 2016
For those of you who wonder how I do this when I travel by air, my PBW brand folding bicycle fits in a plastic Samsonite suitcase. I carry my clothes and stuff in a small trunk bag that I strap to the back rack of the bicycle. The trunk bag has a shoulder strap…
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Indianapolis to Fort Wayne, tour of the Midwest: April 15-18, 2016
I took this selfie sitting in front of a closed post office in Liberty Center, Indiana. I had gone a long way that day, I needed to rest and get out of the sun. Trying to get out of my comfort zone, two months in advance I had bought a ticket on the nonstop Delta…
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Back to Ohio: Akron to Brecksville; July 2013
Since about 1997 our friends Jan and Gordon moved from Carrboro to Santa Barbara to San Jose, and then to Cleveland! Well, they settled in Brecksville, Ohio, midway between Cleveland and Akron. Tootie and I drove up for the weekend. The highlights were the excellent meals cooked by Jan, and the bike ride…
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Riding around Milwaukee, 4/11/11
While Milwaukee is still a big and important place, one gets the feeling that it used to be a VERY important place. You are also reminded of the huge amount of wealth created in the United States between about 1885 and 1929. Living in North Carolina, there is not much evidence of that. …
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