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 →
Today I had a few hours before catching a flight, so I picked up a rental bike from the Kickstand and rode nearly 20 miles among the trails and streets of Richmond. Richmond's skyline viewed from the east on Church hill. I started at the canal along the north side of the James River and... Continue Reading →
July 24 is a holiday in the state of Utah, so I logged a 69-mile ride around the Salt Lake valley to take in the festivities and remember some special pioneers. I followed the parade route -- South Temple, 200 East, 800 South -- then up to the Salt Lake Cemetery and This is the... Continue Reading →
Ten days in Europe on business provided me with my first opportunity to ride outside of the United States! A dear friend and colleague made arrangements for us to ride around Frankfurt, Germany. We started in the Dornbusch neighborhood and worked our way south to the River Main and back again. The rain let up... Continue Reading →
Thanks to a work trip to the Midwest in autumn, I took a quick spin today around Historic Nauvoo, and then went up through Nauvoo State Park to an old pioneer cemetery. The Nauvoo Temple. It was drizzling a little when I began, then it started to rain quite hard, and then it stopped--leaving me... 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 →
Late this afternoon I struck out along the windward side of Oahu on a ride along Kamehameha Highway from La'ie to Kaneohe and back again, a 43-mile round trip. This was a fun ride, with stunning vistas of lush green escarpments with sharp vertical climbs and sweeping ocean views of sparkling blue seas. The legend... Continue Reading →
I got off the plane and picked up a rental bike with time to cruise the streets of Philadelphia this evening. Most of the business traffic had gone, so the streets were pretty nice. A warm summer evening topped off with a Philly cheesesteak! A few photos here came from rides on the next few... Continue Reading →
After an exhilarating ride through Zion Canyon, I still had legs and daylight enough to make a sunset trip to the most photographed ghost town in the West. The schoolhouse (1886) Located south of Route 9 and on the other side of the Virgin River, Grafton was settled by Latter-day Saints in 1859 as part... Continue Reading →
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