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Cycling through Los Angeles, April 21-23, 2015
I arrived into Union Station, downtown Los Angeles at seven thirty on a Monday night. I left Jack behind on the train; he was going another couple hours south to San Diego; he had to go to work the next day. I had never been to downtown Los Angeles before, and had no agenda. I…
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Orangeburg SC, April 8-9. 2015
I had gone to the Wednesday practice round of The Masters golf tournament; an event with tickets so scarce that you have to win a lottery to be able to pay a hefty fee to just watch the guys practice. My friend Tom was gracious in inviting me to this event. Driving the four hours…
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Jacksonville / Daytona Beach, March 14-17, 2015
Bicycling along the oceanfront somewhere is among my favorite bicycling trips in America. Especially when the coastline is relatively uninterrupted by inlets, bicycling through the street grid of a beach town is safe and interesting. Since my good friend Tom Constantine lives in Jacksonville, Florida, I went again to bicycle along the northern Florida coast.…
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Bicycling in the cold, February 20, 2015
Today was the coldest day I can remember here; low of seven degrees in the morning; predicted high of twenty-three. But the day was bright and sunny, with very little wind. Just to see if I could do it, I did the fifteen mile Tootie Loop, departing about eleven a.m. when it was fifteen…