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Pennsylvania: Harrisburg to Philly, Oct 23-26, 2016
Geography students: there is a reason the Battle of Gettysburg happened where it did; if you were a Southerner and wanted to invade the North, Gettysburg would your go-to place, the soft underbelly of Yankeeland, only about ten miles north of the Pennsylvania border which is also called the Mason-Dixon Line. And only thirty-five…
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Cycling across Navarre and Aragon, but first: five days in Barcelona 2016
Delta Airlines had an amazing deal on tickets from Raleigh/Durham to Barcelona, so Tootie, our friend Maxine, and myself bought tickets for late September to spend five days in Barcelona. I added six more days to the trip to do some bicycling by myself in rural Spain after Tootie and Maxine went home. Our…
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Chicago Midway to Milwaukee; September 8 – 12, 2016
For those of you who wonder how I do this when I travel by air, my PBW brand folding bicycle fits in a plastic Samsonite suitcase. I carry my clothes and stuff in a small trunk bag that I strap to the back rack of the bicycle. The trunk bag has a shoulder strap…
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Biking to Richmond with Tootie, Sept. 4 – 5, 2016
I had read about the recently completed Virginia Capital Trail, a delightful paved bike path that runs over fifty miles from Williamsburg to Richmond, along Virginia state route 10 on the north shore of the James River. Historic plantations, many from the 1600’s, line the route. The original Virginia colonial settlement of 1607, …
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