Category: Virginia trips
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South Southwest Virginia, September 13-15, 2019
I had always wanted to bicycle to Martinsville VA, just to see what was there. I do know that it is a fading textile and furniture manufacturing town. Greensboro as a starting point put me sixty miles closer to my destination. With the Bike Friday in the back I drove a little…
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Richmond VA to Washington DC, May 6-8, 2019
I am originally from Virginia Beach VA but have lived in North Carolina for thirty years. North Carolina, it is said, is an island of humility between two mountains of conceit; i.e. Virginia and South Carolina. I enjoy bicycling in central Virginia and looking at all the history signs along the road, even if I…
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Four hours in Danville VA, August 21, 2018
I drove up to Danville VA on a recent Thursday, just to get out of town and to see somewhere that feels different from North Carolina. Danville is only fifty-five miles north of Chapel Hill and I can drive there on two lane roads in about an hour. The city limits of…
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Virgilina VA to South Boston VA, 9/13/2017
When my son Henry was about five years old we drove through the North Carolina/Virginia town of Virgilina. He could not stop saying that word, “Virgilina.” Forty miles north of our hometown of Chapel Hill, Virgilina is not really much of a town. Until recently there was only about one small store there.…
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