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Taylor Swift by bicycle; October 25-27, 2024
Tootie’s sister Kathryn has a friend Suzanne. They met in college over forty years ago and remain close, even though the whole time Kathryn has lived in Winston-Salem NC, five hour’s drive from Suzanne in Virginia Beach VA. Very coincidentally Suzanne, growing up in Virginia Beach, had been friends with MY sister Jane, but only…
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Dinner in Raleigh NC, November 9, 2024
Tootie bought an electric-assist bicycle this past summer mostly to ride the three miles to Dave and Louise’s house. They have a swimming pool and we have pretty much an open swimming invitation. Tootie loves to swim laps. Furthermore, hanging with Dave or Louise or other friends around their pool is a calming presence in…
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Cycling southern Portugal, Alentejo to Algarve; October 6-13, 2024
My brother Alex lives in a medium sized seaside town in the Alentejo region of Portugal, two to three hours drive south of Lisbon, about halfway down the coast. I started my bike trip there with him. Alex, his wife Kristi Barlow, and their daughter Eleanor Claire had moved to this town a little over…
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Danville VA, just looking around; September 22, 2024
I keep coming back to bicycle around Danville VA, only fifty-five miles straight north of my home in Chapel Hill NC. Danville’s city limits abut the North Carolina / Virginia line. Unlike the booming Research Triangle area of North Carolina, Danville has for many years been left behind. A hundred years ago Danville (current population…