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Down East: Rocky Mount, Tarboro, and Wilson NC 3/22-23/2014
If I had bothered to tell anyone where I was going for two days, the mostly likely response from friends in Chapel Hill would have been: “Why would you want to go THERE?” But the weather was beautiful and the terrain was flat. I drove the hour and a half to Rocky Mount on a…
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Raleigh revisited, a Saturday ride to Clayton 3/15/14
The New York Times recently ran a Travel section article “36 Hours, Raleigh NC”. It said how much has changed in the past few years, that Raleigh is coming into its own as an interesting city. Living in Chapel Hill, I dismissed this as New York Times hype. From this ride on…
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Georgetown, South Carolina and the swamps, March 1 – 2, 2014
The hinterlands of South Carolina south of Lumberton NC and west of Myrtle Beach, are filled with miles of flat pine forest, crossed by razor straight narrow highways filled with screeching pickup trucks that scare a bicyclist. The bicycling on this trip was mostly a downer. Pickup trucks with knobby tires produce a fearsome…
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Cajun Country Louisiana, Feb 8 – 11, 2014
I got up at five something on a Saturday morning, driving to Charlotte airport for the nonstop flight at nine something to New Orleans. I had a free frequent flier ticket, and took the folding PBW bike in the suitcase. Upon landing two hours later, I found great lunch advise from Yelp, to help with…
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