LEESBURG, VIRGINIA My grandsons haven’t been riding bikes long. So my daughter, Bethany, sort of freaked out when I told her I would take them on a 4-mile ride on the W&OD Trail. “They’ve never been out of the Cul de Sac” she said. I tried the calming response. “They would be with me.” Didn’t […]
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO I left this morning for Pennsylvania with another bad weather forecast but surprisingly, as I passed Springfield, it was dry but mostly sunny. The weather forecast was showing a couple of hours with only a 15% chance of rain. I parked at Beatty Station just south of I-70 in Springfield. It was 9:00. […]
PIQUA, OHIO I began the day riding part of the Great Miami River Trail in Dayton. That did not go so well as the trails next to the river in Dayton were covered with mud and/or under construction. That led me to this tried and true route (once before). I parked in Troy and headed […]
DAYTON, OHIO I was excited about riding the Great Miami River Trail in the Dayton area. I wanted to ride next to the river and find the Wright Cycle Co., the historical museum site for the Wright Brothers. I also wanted to visit the Dayton National Cemetery. I have two distant relatives buried there and […]
LOVELAND, OHIO The weather here, and in most of the East, has been bad. It rained all day yesterday and initially was forecast to rain all day today. But at 8:00 when it was still dry I called my friend, Bob Berberich, and told him if we met by 9:00 we could get in two […]
EAST FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA Seven years ago, almost to the day, I parked in East Freedom and rode up Blue Knob for the first time. Today’s circumstance would be different. I was traveling to visit my father in the hospital in Johnstown and I thought this would be a nice way to honor him. Needing gas, […]
PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA Yesterday I had 34-mile ride to Leesburg and back (from Reston). On the way back I passed a guy pushing a Burley trailer. As I passed him I decided I would turn around and talk with him. He looked like he had a story. And he did. Brett Bramble is walking across America […]
DOSWELL, VIRGINIA I am a fan. I wish Richmond was a little bit closer but I made my fourth trip in four days. The Men’s Individual Time Trial started inside Kings Dominion. I could drive close to Richmond without worrying about parking downtown. I pulled up and was directed to staff parking (free) because I […]
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Last year I saw an opportunity to be a course marshal in Richmond for this year’s world championships by volunteering for the Collegiate National Championships in 2014. I should have but had some time conflicts. The hook was volunteer then and get guaranteed spots in Richmond. I took my chance. And I sort […]
JAMES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA Overcast and gray, I headed down near Williamsburg to ride on the Virginia Capital Trail. As an added bonus, the French family I met last week had told me they would be riding from Richmond to Toano. I figured they would be on this trail. Two years ago I rode basically […]
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