ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND The first hot day of the year, the temperature hit 93 degrees. I timed my day to start a 60 mile ride at noon before heading up to Rockville for the Ride of Silence. Big mistake. I headed out on the W&OD from Dunn Loring out to Clark’s Gap. Being so hot I […]
LEESBURG, VIRGINIA Car problems led me to drive to Purcellville to meet Andrew who was in Pittsburgh. I did not plan to bike home simply because it was very cold in the morning with ice on the roads. As it warmed up I decided it would have been a good day but I wasn’t prepared, […]
CLERMONT, FLORIDA Parking will be an issue here, even when you arrive early. I did a test run/ride yesterday so I thought I was prepared. I arrived before 7:00 a.m. for the Horrible Hundred bike ride. Even as I drove in people were parking a mile or two away and biking in. I thought from […]
CLERMONT, FLORIDA Post-ride, I was taking a picture of Lake Minneola and saw a crew boat (scull) go by. The water was choppy. It was windy. They took on water and capsized. I scaled a fence and ran out to the dock. I stopped. I was prepared to go in the water but wasn’t sure […]
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GEORGIA It was a delightful day for a ride in late November. Just 48 degrees at the start with a bright sun shining down. Arm warmers were the only concession to the “cold” needed today as it would creep up to about 70 by noon. Although I mapped out a ride to […]
SANTEE, SOUTH CAROLINA This was easy. I had been driving almost eight hours when I crossed Lake Marion on I-95. I saw an abandoned roadway and bridge right beside I-95. It begged to be ridden. I found a parking lot at a Food Lion. Within a few minutes I was headed off to find the […]
NEW PARIS, PENNSYLVANIA A relatively short ride, just 21 miles, but so darn pretty. I was on my way home from Somerset to Virginia and wanted to get in a ride. Any ride. My go-to covered bridge ride in Bedford County is an eight bridge loop but I didn’t have time for that. So I […]
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA I am sore and hurting. Not from a crash but from being so out of shape for an event. Including the time I stayed in Pennsylvania after my father died, I was two weeks without a bike ride leading up to the Jeremiah Bishop Alpine Loop Gran Fondo. If that wasn’t bad enough, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. After 12 years, I can claim finish to my Pittsburgh to D.C. ride. If I want to. In 2001, Andrew and I rode out from D.C. but via the W&OD to Leesburg. We did not pick up the C&O Canal Towpath until Whites Ferry. In 2004 I rode from Pittsburgh to D.C. but […]
SHELLSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA It was a perfect day for riding – perhaps a little cool at 70 degrees and a cloud cover which would soon burn off. I parked at Shawnee State Park and thought I would ride a clockwise direction. As I exited the park I decided I would ride counter-clockwise, mainly to see most […]
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