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  • Chicago to Milwaukee; July 7 – 9, 2025

    The hundred miles south/north along the shore of Lake Michigan from Chicago to Milwaukee is a great bike ride, maybe one of the great urban bicycle tours in America. I rode it several years ago, but with the hot North Carolina summer staring me in the face doing it again seemed a wonderful three day…

    Paco Marshall

    July 19, 2025
    Midwest USA trips
  • Escaping the heat: Fourteen hours in York PA; June 17-18, 2025

    Hot weather was coming. Over the years I have used York PA as an escape valve for a nice bike ride, even though the weather there is often just as hot as my hometown of Chapel Hill NC. On this particular June day York PA did indeed look to be cooler, with predicted overcast skies…

    Paco Marshall

    July 3, 2025
    Maryland trips, Pennsylvania trips
    bike, bikepacking, biking, cycling, travel
  • Pittsburgh to Johnstown PA; June 2 – 4, 2025

    I wanted to bicycle a random sliver of western Pennsylvania and chose Pittsburgh to Johnstown PA. The plane landed PIT airport at 9:45 AM on a Monday morning after a one hour nonstop flight from Raleigh/Durham. I had checked my Bike Friday folded into its suitcase. Tootie and I have found ourselves with a preponderance…

    Paco Marshall

    June 14, 2025
    Pennsylvania trips
    bike, biking, cycling, hiking, travel
  • Sacred Grinds, May 19, 2025

    You can see so much more of New Orleans by bicycle. Cycling around the city is generally safe but access into some neighborhoods is restricted by key choke points. On this Monday morning I had wanted to cycle by city-owned Longue Vue Gardens on Bamboo Road. There is no easy way to bicycle to the…

    Paco Marshall

    May 21, 2025
    Louisiana trips
    cycling, life, travel, writing
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