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Columbia and Lexington SC, March 16-17, 2018
I had been to Columbia, the capital city of South Carolina on a couple of occasions, but I had never been all that impressed. I figured I just had not looked at it hard enough. My newlywed parents and infant older sister had lived for two years 1953-55 in Columbia, where my father had a…
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Robeson County NC South of the Border, Feb 26-27, 2018
Robeson County NC does not get much good press. It is one of the poorest counties in North Carolina. Wikipedia describes its population as one third white, one third black, and one third Lumbee American Indian. The state of North Carolina recognizes the Lumbees as an official Native American tribe, although the federal…
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Bicycling Fat Tuesday with Tootie and Kathryn, Feb. 13, 2018
Mardi Gras translated from French means Fat Tuesday. In New Orleans it is both a season and a day. The celebration is a ramp-up; parades and parties start shortly after New Years Day and continues for over a month. Activity increases in intensity until the culmination on the Tuesday before Lent. Mardi Gras Day, that…
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New Orleans East, Feb. 8, 2018
I wanted to see what would happen if I just pointed the bicycle east from Uptown New Orleans and started pedaling. I had heard of an abandoned amusement park on the eastern fringes of New Orleans, I picked that as a destination. It was a beautiful day. I left our guest apartment Uptown and bicycled…