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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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Palm Beach to Key West, Jan 9 – 14, 2014
In a good way, South Florida continues to be the freak show of America. All kinds of people are here, except maybe people who seem to be like me, whatever that means. In our five days of cycling from Palm Beach to Key West, we saw all types. I arranged to meet my riding partner…
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Motels in Myrtle Beach, Dec. 11-12. 2013
I escaped for one night midweek to Myrtle Beach. The winter wind whipped in the cold. Even after bicycling up and down the Grand Strand, it was becoming difficult to find a positive thing to say about the whole place. Almost all the restaurants are a quarter mile from the beach on US 17, …
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Two tourist attractions on a Sunday afteroon 12/01/2013
Laurinburg-Maxton airport and South of the Border If you drive south about two hours south of Chapel Hill, these two fascinating places are twenty three miles apart. It makes for a pleasant daylong roundtrip by bicycle, if you park at the Laurinburg-Maxton airport. Lots of people visit South of the Border, although very few by…