Category Bicycle Tours and Rides

South East Spring Swing, Corpus Christi #1

March 16-18 Up early as planned, we grabbed a quick breakfast at the Best Western and were on the road right around our planned departure time of 7:00 am.  We drove west to Lafayette where we turned off onto the I-49 towards Alexandria to start the detour caused by the closure of the I-10 at […]

West Coast Fall 2015, Part One

  10/22-11/2 After my return from Copenhagen on the 14th we had a week in town before our scheduled trip out to the west coast to visit Jessica and Kris. Kim and Marty, Kris’ parents, stopped in early the next week for three nights giving us the opportunity to show them a bit of Charlotte. […]

Virginia Creeper Trail, Part Two

September 4-7, 2015 We arose early enough Sunday morning to eat a good breakfast, drink a cup of coffee and take care of personal hygiene tasks before suiting up and hitting the road for the 20-minute drive back to Damascus.  This time we parked on the other side of town in a public parking area […]

Virginia Creeper Trail

September 4-7, 2015 The invite came via email from Chris, the organizer, in early spring.  The 10th annual Virginia Creeper Trail Campout and Bike ride was to be scheduled sometime that summer.  We’d joined this group a few years back and had a thoroughly enjoyable time.  Emails traded hands and before too long Labor Day […]

Lake Norman Campout, Part One

August 28-30 Sarah and Hans, our spring camping partners at Pilot Mountain let us know they would be camping at Lake Norman State Park with their two girls, Reagan and Quinn, at the end of August and wondered if we’d like to join them.  We jumped on the opportunity so Hans went ahead and reserved […]

Swamp Rabbit Trail

June 25 One of our goals for this year, in addition to taking a number of short (one and two week) trips was to spend more weekends camping and to do day trips during the week. One of the types of bike rides we try to seek out are on the groomed paths and trails […]

Outer Banks and More, Fernandina Beach

June 11-14 It took a bit of time navigating on local two lane roads to reach Interstate 95 for our 3 ½ hour drive south to Fernandina Beach. Once on the highway we made good time until we hit multiple sets of driving rainstorms so fierce we, and many others on the road were forced […]

Outer Banks and More, Charleston Part One

June 8-10 The drive to Charleston turned out to be relatively easy, almost all of it on the interstate as we crossed back over Roanoke Island and traveled west on Highway 64 until it intersected with I-95, taking it south to below Columbia in South Carolina, where you pick up I-26 to head due east […]

Outer Banks and More, Bodie Island Part Four

June 3-7 Saturday morning greeted us bright and clear, with a light, cooling breeze helping to keep the temperature down. After a relaxing morning in camp spent reading and taking care of some chores (we use a Verizon Jet Pack to connect our devices and computers to the internet) we hopped on the bikes to […]

ACUI San Antonio – A Little Taste of Texas, Part Six

April 4-17 After the bit or rain we had earlier in the week we caught a break with the weather and saw mostly sunny skies the rest of our time in Austin. As planned for our last day we again set out on the bikes to find a way to the lake. I’d reviewed a […]