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C.H. to Richmond; day three, US-1 to Petersburg
Once a bicyclist gets north of South Hill, US-1, which parallels I-85, is amazingly empty. For many stretches cars would come by only every five minutes or so. Some of the way it was four lane divided, but mostly was three lane. When I was a kid in the 1960’s my Dad…
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C.H. to Richmond, day four, Petersburg to Richmond
US-301 extends from the bridge leaving from downtown Petersburg into Colonial Heights, and then twenty-three miles to central Richmond. It is one of the ugliest stretches of road in America, rivaling even Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans. It is congested with various levels of strip malls, stretching from middle class in Colonial Heights…
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Lynchburg VA, March 23, 2016
Driving in from the south, you enter Lynchburg in a flurry of strip malls filled with all the major stores. Target. Walmart. Sam’s Club. Border’s Books. Dick’s Sporting Goods. Old Navy, and many many more. Just as I was turning the car left, I saw this guy. Welcome to America. I have been here several…
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Myrtle Beach SC, March 15-16,2016
I did my first Tour of Myrtle Beach a little over two years ago. In the spirit of investigation, I decided to revisit the place. Let me clear two misconceptions about Myrtle Beach. The main attraction, whatever that attraction is, is probably not the beach. Not everybody who visits here is from The South. So…
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