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 […]
TREXLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA I think this was the eighth straight year for Spokes of Hope. It was my fifth straight year attending. The last night of racing for the season at Valley Preferred Cycling Center, Spokes of Hope was invited to “take a lap against cancer.” We met at 4:00 p.m. and got to ride on […]
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