Category: Virginia trips
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The Coronavirus Diaries: Part Seventeen; Southside Virginia; June 7, 2020
About two weeks ago a friend emailed and asked if I could do my next bike ride to Chase City VA and document it. This was a first. How could I refuse? He is an old friend and has been an enthusiastic reader of my blog. He really wanted to read about Chase City.…
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The Coronavirus Diaries, part Fourteen; Over the Boardwalk, May 10, 2020
Tootie and I had a free place to stay so why not escape for a couple days? My late mother’s house was sitting empty. We could still keep to ourselves and social distance. We brought our own food and drove the four hours from Chapel Hill to Virginia Beach. I have always had…
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Charles City VA to Williamsburg and Yorktown VA; January 10-11, 2020
Where to go next? “Normally” in January I take short furious bike rides in the cold, because I know once warmed up I will get the chills if I stop. Sometimes I have taken the airplane to Florida in January for brief trips because biking in sixty and seventy degree temperatures is a…
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Richmond VA from end to end, October 9, 2019
I set out to walk Richmond, Virginia from one end to the other. This was not a bike ride. If I do many more walks instead of bike rides I will have to start a new blog! Richmond VA has a genuine city feel and is close to home. This was an urban hike: …
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