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Biking my City Park Loop, plus lunch at Liuzza’s; February 24, 2025
New Orleans is an island of urbanity surrounded by wetlands on almost all sides. Except for extended bike rides on the levees, most longer bike rides still heavily involve city streets. It seems like almost every day I cycle the same seventeen mile city loop featuring significant but precious bike path. Certain streets are safer…
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Old US-1; Moncure NC to Sanford NC; February 9, 2025
A section of Old US-1 in central North Carolina is a genuine piece of Americana. Route 66 is more famous but US-1 has a similar story. US-1 was designated in the 1920’s as the original Maine to Florida highway. Twenty-five miles from my home in Chapel Hill NC I parked our old 2004 Honda at…
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24 Hours in Myrtle Beach SC; January 29-30, 2025
I grew up in Virginia Beach VA, biking with friends up and down the boardwalk in front of all the hotels, hanging around the oceanfront Seaside Amusement Park arcade. As teenagers we all had jobs at hotels and restaurants. After graduating high school in 1974 I could not WAIT to go to college and move…
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A chilly ride from Siler City NC to Liberty NC, and back, January 13, 2025
I had a brief 9:00 AM doctor’s appointment fifteen miles away in Pittsboro NC. I drove down there from my home in Chapel Hill NC in our second car, an old 2004 Honda Accord. I wanted to use this opportunity to take a bike ride and the Bike Friday was folded in the trunk. It…
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