I have been to Gettysburg many times, but today was the first time to ride! It was also my first time to visit the new Visitor Center featuring the restored Cyclorama. I used the loop at Civil War Cycling as the basis for a 29-mile ride that traced both lines from Culp's Hill to Big... Continue Reading →
This morning I took the opportunity to ride to - and then through - Balboa Park in San Diego. The 1,200-acre urban park is home to 17 museums, gardens, and walking paths. The California Tower and the California Building were constructed in 1915 for the Panama-California Exposition. Today the building is home to the anthropological... Continue Reading →
From my hotel room window on Bayswater Road I had a lovely view into Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. I rode through the parks by day and by night, passing a couple of times the home where J. M. Barrie wrote Peter Pan (No. 100 Bayswater). Hyde Park is the largest of four Royal Parks... Continue Reading →
Cabrillo National Monument The Cabrillo National Monument on the southern tip of Point Loma peninsula commemorates the landing of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo at San Diego Bay on September 28, 1542, marking the first time a European expedition set foot on what would become the west coast of the United States. The route to the monument... Continue Reading →
When a last-minute work assignment offered a chance to ride in Grand Teton - I took it! I threw my gravel bike in the back of the car and trekked up to Wyoming for my first ride in this state. I rode around Antelope Flats, up and down Mormon Row, the main street of an... Continue Reading →
My ride along the Schuylkill River Trail brought me to Valley Forge National Historic Park, site of Washington's long winter during the Revolutionary War. I did the big loop by following Park Road, Gulf Road, Inner Line Road, and the Joseph Plumb Martin Trail. Washington's Headquarters David Potts House
The Golden Spike National Historic Park commemorates the site where the transcontinental railroad was completed on May 10, 1869. Replicas of the Central Pacific Jupiter (left) and the Union Pacific No. 119 (right). The park rests peacefully in a level valley amidst the Promontory Mountains. The rail line ceased active use after the 1904 completion... Continue Reading →
Late one afternoon in the early spring, I rode up Zion Canyon and basically had the place to myself! Passed by maybe half a dozen mostly empty shuttles, I marveled alone at the soaring canyon walls in the dancing dusk light. Stunning Views The Great White Throne is a mesa composed primarily of white Navajo... Continue Reading →
The Pa'rus Trail runs along the bank of the Virgin River from the Visitor Center in Zion National Park upward into Zion Canyon. The trail name comes from the Paiute word for "bubbling water" and offered views of the water, the towering rock walls of the canyon, and a few deer. The trail is a... Continue Reading →
The Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail is a 28-mile trail that runs from Park City to Echo Reservoir. The mostly gravel trail passes through the towns of Wanship and Coalville as well as through some cattle grazing land (remember to close the gate) and Echo State Park. In 2010 the trail was named to the... Continue Reading →
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