Tag: adventure
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Almost Under the Bridge, reporting February 28, 2026
Our condo is in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District. Fifteen minute’s walk towards downtown is an area I will call “Almost Under The Bridge” which I have been taking photos of for more than a year, trying to capture the intensity of walking or cycling through streets where an elevated highway plows through a historic…
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Cycling to Key West FL; December 12 – 14, 2025
In my seventy years I had never booked a flight for takeoff earlier than 6:00 AM. Nevertheless I was prepped for this spur of the moment Florida trip. With American Airlines credit card miles burning a hole in my pocket, destinations like Miami where there are nonstops from Raleigh/Durham seemed particularly enticing. It was freezing…
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Myrtle Beach SC; November 22-24, 2025
I keep coming back to cycle through beach towns particularly because some, only some, have long street grids allowing cycling for miles and miles in a straight line through almost traffic-free residential areas. I had been to Myrtle Beach SC before and it is an acquired taste. Especially away from beachside residential areas and out…
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Day trip to Lynchburg VA; November 7, 2025
It’s only a two and a half hour drive in our Ford Escape Hybrid up from Chapel Hill NC to Lynchburg VA, population 79,000. Lynchburg claims its nickname is “Hill City” and on steep streets in older areas there is block after block of affordably priced nineteenth century houses. This one is $230,000.00 https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1020-Harrison-St_Lynchburg_VA_24504_M57968-12378 The…
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