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West Virginia Panhandle to Pittsburgh, September 22-24, 2018
I loaded the Surly Long Haul Trucker bicycle in the back of our inherited 2005 Toyota Prius and started driving north and northwest from Chapel Hill at 6:45 AM. I had plotted that I could drive on Interstate highway all the way to Wheeling, West Virginia in about seven hours, mostly on I-77.…
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Sunday ride from Chapel Hill to Raleigh; September 9, 2018
I wanted to leave my house and bicycle somewhere, but had no idea where to go or when to go there. I had no agenda. Early Sunday morning I just left, by bicycle. Just in case, I took along my bicycle “trunk bag” with one night’s change of clothes, in case I wanted to…
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Little Switzerland NC, August 28-29, 2018
Chapel Hill is not exactly sea level but it is near enough to sea level that the heat of the summer is oppressive. There is a reason the wealthy used to spend months “summering” in The Mountains. (Some still do!). Elevation cures the illness of hot weather. Because we could not really go…
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Four hours in Danville VA, August 21, 2018
I drove up to Danville VA on a recent Thursday, just to get out of town and to see somewhere that feels different from North Carolina. Danville is only fifty-five miles north of Chapel Hill and I can drive there on two lane roads in about an hour. The city limits of…
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