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Bicycling La Rioja, Spain, October 17-24, 2015
I had never even heard of this region before this trip, except for the notation on wine bottles. I guess I assumed Rioja meant red wine. I learned that Rioja on a wine bottle means the wine comes from the Rioja region. And it is a glorious place. It is essentially…
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One day spin to Cary NC, Oct. 31, 2015
The United States is becoming a tribal culture. The Big Sort is rapidly underway, where were are all desperately moving to be around only those who think like we do. My friends, the children of my friends, and even my own children are all moving around the United States and abroad, searching for that perfect…
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The New Orleans of 2015, bike rides around the city, 9/29-10/3, 2015
Tootie and I just spent four nights in New Orleans. We keep bicycles there at our friend’s house. Much has been written about New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. A lot has changed in the ten years since the devastating flood caused by the failure of the levies. The population declined when over a…
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Pittsburgh, city of steep hills; September 16-20, 2015
I really wanted to cycle again in Pittsburgh, and taking the airplane was too complicated. On a Wednesday, I drove the Honda 400 miles up to Morgantown, West Virginia. At just before four in the afternoon, I parked next to the Caperton Trail along the Monongahela River, pulled the Surley Long Haul Trucker out of…
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