Tag: travel
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24 Hours in Myrtle Beach SC; January 29-30, 2025
I grew up in Virginia Beach VA, biking with friends up and down the boardwalk in front of all the hotels, hanging around the oceanfront Seaside Amusement Park arcade. As teenagers we all had jobs at hotels and restaurants. After graduating high school in 1974 I could not WAIT to go to college and move…
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A chilly ride from Siler City NC to Liberty NC, and back, January 13, 2025
I had a brief 9:00 AM doctor’s appointment fifteen miles away in Pittsboro NC. I drove down there from my home in Chapel Hill NC in our second car, an old 2004 Honda Accord. I wanted to use this opportunity to take a bike ride and the Bike Friday was folded in the trunk. It…
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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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Christmas season in Fayetteville NC; December 17, 2024
Fayetteville, North Carolina? A lovely clear warm winter day was predicted with highs in the upper sixties. I wanted to take a day trip; to drive to an interesting place and then bicycle around. Tootie and I have two cars, more than we generally need; a 2021 Ford Escape Hybrid and a 2004 Honda Accord…
urban bicycle journeys 