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Lunchtime in Mebane, May 16, 2016
For years, I have been predicting that Mebane would become the next Carrboro, the next Saxapahaw, the next former mill town to where creative types priced out of Chapel Hill can relocate. I rode out to Mebane to eat lunch, then ride back, a little over twenty miles each way from my home in Chapel…
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Hickory / Lenoir / Morganton NC, April 21-22, 2016
This region was until recently a world center of furniture manufacturing. A lot of factories were built here to take advantage of abundant water power. With my bike in the trunk, I had driven the Honda out here the day before so I could play golf with my son Sam who lives in nearby…
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Indianapolis to Fort Wayne, tour of the Midwest: April 15-18, 2016
I took this selfie sitting in front of a closed post office in Liberty Center, Indiana. I had gone a long way that day, I needed to rest and get out of the sun. Trying to get out of my comfort zone, two months in advance I had bought a ticket on the nonstop Delta…
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Ellerbe NC, April 6, 2016
Has anyone heard of Ellerbe NC? It is in Richmond county, twenty-six miles west of Southern Pines. I had driven down to the Sandhills area on a Wednesday morning, looking for some other part of North Carolina to discover. In the center of the triangle formed by Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aberdeen sit the…
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