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The Netherlands, skipping Amsterdam, August 20-28, 2019
This is the second time Tootie and I have toured Holland together by bicycle. The first time in 2014, if you remember, we made a big deal out of being able to ride our bicycles away from the airport, never taking any kind of taxi or public transportation. This trip we wanted to…
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Downriver, 400 miles northeast from Montreal, July 20-28, 2019
Would rural Quebec would be something like rural parts of the USA, but everyone speaks French? With my friend Lyman and I set out to discover Quebec in eight days of cycling. In planning this trip I discovered a basic fact: Quebec has been built as a collection of settlements along the St.…
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Ride out Long Island, south shore, May 30 – June 3, 2019
This trip had been on my bucket list of many years, to ride the length of Long Island. To a Southerner, Long Island seemed this exotic place, its New Yorkedness accentuated by its physical isolation. (Those living on Long Island essentially have to go through New York City to go anywhere else.) Was…
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New London, Connecticut to southern Rhode Island June 3 -5, 2019
Arriving into New London CT by ferry the steeply gabled houses and rocky coastline immediately screamed “New England.” New London CT is not a fru-fru place. While not a complete wreck like Bridgeport CT or Trenton NJ, New London looks like a working class town just trying to get by. I find it…
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