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Two trips to Gretna LA and beyond, only one by bicycle; Dec. 30, 2023 and Jan. 2, 2024
The entire time I have lived in New Orleans, both back in the 1980’s and also recently, I had snobbily dismissed almost everything that lay “across the river” despite the fact hundreds of thousands live Over There. The Mississippi River in New Orleans is wide and threateningly deep with a strong current. It seems the wild beast. …
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Noodling around Mount Olive, December 9, 2023
It was a beautiful day, sunny with highs in the low sixties. The next day was predicted to be a hard rain. Why not get out of town? I set out to bicycle the area around Mount Olive NC. I drove ninety miles down I-40 from my home in Chapel Hill NC, in the direction…
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Tobacco towns: Wilson NC to Rocky Mount NC, and back, December 3, 2023
Where to go on an overcast Sunday morning? I have cycled the Rocky Mount / Wilson area many times but I keep coming back. The two cities are twenty-two miles apart, each about fifty to sixty miles east of Raleigh, about eighty miles from my home in Chapel Hill. Their location is in an area…
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Tootie goes for a massage in Raleigh; November 30, 2023
Where to bicycle next? I am indeed sick of bicycling around Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham. It feels like I have seen everything. On the other hand, Tootie had an appointment to have a massage in Raleigh; why not catch a ride with her? The Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area is not that interesting to look at…