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Virgilina VA to South Boston VA, 9/13/2017
When my son Henry was about five years old we drove through the North Carolina/Virginia town of Virgilina. He could not stop saying that word, “Virgilina.” Forty miles north of our hometown of Chapel Hill, Virgilina is not really much of a town. Until recently there was only about one small store there.…
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Detroit to Buffalo via Southern Ontario, 7/31 – 8/5, 2017
I got an opportunity to bicycle across southern Ontario in Canada; the north shore of Lake Erie. It would give me an opportunity find out; is Canada really different? This trip came about when my friend Tom offered me a ride in his car from North Carolina up to the Midwest, where he would be…
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Hudson River Valley: NYC La Guardia airport to Albany NY; July 13-18, 2017
It is hot in North Carolina in July. Seeking to go cycle somewhere with less oppressive heat, I searched the internet for air travel deals. While not a summer destination as ideal as, say, Burlington, Vermont, I could travel nonstop on American Airlines to and from New York City’s La Guardia airport on…
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France: Lyon to Nimes, May 19-26, 2017
With my now broken arm in a velcro cast, we spent another night in Lyon. Unless I put weight on it the arm it really did not hurt much. Having spent most of the day waiting around a hospital, at least we had a nice late dinner on the street near our hotel. First course…