Tag: nature
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Wisconsin again: Cycling north from Milwaukee, July 16-22, 2025
In early July I had returned to North Carolina after a three day solo bike ride from Chicago to Milwaukee. Did I need more Wisconsin? I had previously promised my friend Lyman, who lives in Austin TX, that I would do ANOTHER cycle tour, a week with him in Wisconsin starting on July 16. It…
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Pointe aux Chenes; March 23, 2025
I was looking for my next adventure. A peaceful bike ride in south Louisiana can be a secondary road that follows a bayou near to where the pavement ends in the marshes. Pointe aux Chenes, twenty-three miles south of Houma LA and seventy-five miles south of New Orleans looked to be such a place. Many…
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Cycling home from Pittsboro NC at thirty degrees; January 2, 2025
It was cold outside. Tootie had a dermatologist’s appointment in Pittsboro NC at 9:15 AM on a Thursday. Why not get a lift from her and bike back to Chapel Hill? With the Bike Friday in the back of our Ford Escape Hybrid we drove the sixteen miles down to Pittsboro. It was Tootie’s appointment…
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