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  • Day trip to Erwin and Dunn, North Carolina; November 8, 2025

    I have a weakness for all-female rock and roll bands. During the 1980’s the Go Go’s were certainly the best of the lot but I also listened to the Bangles. (Walk Like an Egyptian!) Tootie and I saw the Bangles once, at the outdoor Audubon Zoo venue in New Orleans about 1988. They broke up…

    Paco Marshall

    November 13, 2025
    Eastern North Carolina trips
    cycling, dunn-nc, music, travel
  • Day trip to Lynchburg VA; November 7, 2025

    It’s only a two and a half hour drive in our Ford Escape Hybrid up from Chapel Hill NC to Lynchburg VA, population 79,000. Lynchburg claims its nickname is “Hill City” and on steep streets in older areas there is block after block of affordably priced nineteenth century houses. This one is $230,000.00 https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1020-Harrison-St_Lynchburg_VA_24504_M57968-12378 The…

    Paco Marshall

    November 13, 2025
    Virginia trips
    adventure, biking, cycling, north-carolina, travel
  • Stopping for lunch while bicycling along a canal in France; September 30 – October 6, 2025

    Over eight days my friend Lyman Labry and I continued a bike ride we had started the day before in southwest France. Me, of course, I was looking for French meals. The best seemed to be towards the end. French restaurants in small towns are not always easy to find. We were in Lyman’s mother’s…

    Paco Marshall

    October 27, 2025
    France trips
    cycle-touring, cycling, europe, france, travel
  • “My Dinner with Lyman” in small town France, September 30, 2025

    Even at home, meals are important events in my day; sometimes the most important thing. Lyman and I faced an evening meal conundrum on the first night of our eight day bicycle tour of southwest France. I had big expectations. The French, they say, try to make every lunch, dinner or even breakfast as special…

    Paco Marshall

    October 19, 2025
    France trips
    cycling, europe, france, travel, wine
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