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Wilson to Rocky Mount NC, and back, Nov. 3, 2018
Wilson and Rocky Mount NC are similar cities twenty miles apart. Rocky Mount initially was based on textile manufacturing and Wilson on raw and bulk tobacco. I parked the Prius in a Walmart parking lot two or three miles from downtown Wilson. I bicycled through the more prosperous and woody residential neighborhoods on…
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Rocky Mount NC to Tarboro NC, and back, Oct 25, 2018
I put my new bicycle in the back of the Prius and drove a hundred miles east from Chapel Hill NC to Rocky Mount NC. I found a parking lot downtown where I could leave the car for a few hours. There is plenty of parking in downtown Rocky Mount. Yes, I…
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Eastern Pennsylvania with the guys, Oct 13 – 18, 2018
On this six day jaunt myself and two friends managed to visit Richmond, Baltimore, Lancaster and Philadelphia all in a six day bicycle trip. This trip put our relationship with our work life in focus. Careerwise the three of us have completely different work situations. Lyman, an architect, is proud to say he…
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East side of Winston-Salem and the stock car museum, Oct. 3, 2018
I have been married to Tootie for thirty-five years. I have been to her hometown of Winston-Salem (twin city!) more times than I can count. I can honestly say it is almost a second or third home to me. Everything I ever did in Winston-Salem was on the west side. Everything. The west side is…