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The Washington Suburbs, August 30-Sept. 1, 2014
Let me get a couple of things off my chest. First; I now am stopping at red lights. I have been doing this for about a month. I know, I know, some of you may be shocked. But bicycling in cities has become more established, and to get the respect of motorists, we do have…
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Amsterdam, South Holland, and Utrecht: August 12-19, 2014
Three days after Tootie returned from our weeklong trip to the Netherlands, she told a friend “That was the best vacation I have ever had.” We had spent a week cycling around the countryside and cities south of Amsterdam. We flew to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport taking our own bicycles with us. I…
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Washington DC to Baltimore (and back) in 26 hours July 20-21, 2014
I love Baltimore. I cannot stop myself from going back . While it is certainly not New Orleans, it has some of the quirky city flavor of that more southern city, and it is a whole lot closer to where I live. On an unusually cool Sunday in July, I biked the forty- five miles…
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Touring the Industrial Revolution, New England, May 31 – June 4, 2014
Lyman and I bicycled for five days across a broad arc west of the Boston area, following the fall line; the waterfalls that powered the first American industry. We slept in the downtowns of each of these cities: Providence RI, Worcester MA, Lowell MA, Gloucester MA, and Boston. I now realize this…