Category: New England trips
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Cycling the Connecticut River Valley, June 5-11, 2022
There’s a new airline called Avelo with hubs in Burbank CA and New Haven CT. They now fly nonstop from Raleigh/Durham to New Haven. It would be an easy way start bicycling in the cooler weather and interesting scenery of New England, a region I have always found exotic. I had a general idea to…
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New London, Connecticut to southern Rhode Island June 3 -5, 2019
Arriving into New London CT by ferry the steeply gabled houses and rocky coastline immediately screamed “New England.” New London CT is not a fru-fru place. While not a complete wreck like Bridgeport CT or Trenton NJ, New London looks like a working class town just trying to get by. I find it…
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New England; six states in seven days, July 16-23, 2015
I wanted to go bicycling somewhere alone, where I could ponder life and think about Henry. Tootie was going out West the same week with friends. The weather in July is cooler up north. I planned a loop around New England lasting about a week. If I cut across the corners of several states,…
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Touring the Industrial Revolution, New England, May 31 – June 4, 2014
Lyman and I bicycled for five days across a broad arc west of the Boston area, following the fall line; the waterfalls that powered the first American industry. We slept in the downtowns of each of these cities: Providence RI, Worcester MA, Lowell MA, Gloucester MA, and Boston. I now realize this…
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