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Delaware, May 10 and 13, 2015
Finding a legal place to park the Ford Focus for four days in Dover DE was difficult. I finally parked the car in front a housing project near the state capital. That afternoon I cycled the fifty something miles down to the ferry landing at Lewes DE, for the ferry to Cape May NJ. Delaware…
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Cycling the other side of Richmond VA 4/19/2014
The northeast side of Richmond is pleasant architecturally. It is cut off from the wealthier side of town by I-64. I biked through quiet streets, but I could not help but try to ride quickly. Was I correct in not feeling safe? This poor side of Richmond eventually crosses into Henrico County. On the…
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Lawn Guyland, 3/29-4/02, 2014
Lyman and I delayed starting our three day bike ride from Brooklyn to the eastern tip of Long Island because of weather: rainy, with temperatures in the thirties. We finally started Monday morning east of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, with a prediction that the weather would clear by noon. A mix of drizzle and…
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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…