Category Archives: Writing

Poseidon wishes he had Richard’s Gazelle… Wow! Only 47 degrees on Knotts Island this morning…  Bidding goodbye to the homey cabin at Sandy Point Campground & Cabins on the North Carolina side of Knotts Island. Many Yellow-bellied sliders spotted near … Continue reading →

So very spent from a day riding into gradually increasing headwinds that were sustained at 25 mph at mid morning to 32 mph gusts by midday. Thoroughly enervating, but great to be pedaling with a group of others living out … Continue reading →

Two Days / Two Ways May 9 Yesterday’s ride was punctuated by a severe weather system moving through the southern outer banks. The 13 mile ride from Jerniman’s campground to the Ocracoke — Hatteras ferry featured diminished visibility rain squalls … Continue reading →

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week The rabbits here are built like 40-year-old toddlers.Sometimes all I want to do is sit & pet them. — Othuke Umukoro / “Passing” Laws govern people; constitutions govern governments. Lately, American democracy has begun … Continue reading →

Amazing breakfast! Courtesy of Ashley and Richard. Fuel for the 47 mile day to Ocracoke, NC. At the Air BnB in Morehead City, NC. Preparations underway for the ride — we could have used headwinds deflectors (if such a thing … Continue reading →

To Rain Gear, or Not to Rain Gear… What a day! What nerves, what consensus-building, what roar of traffic from the left lane, what rain, what bliss — what a first great day! We were expecting the rain, and we … Continue reading →

So… here goes… again (again)… Today’s objective was to arrive in Jacksonville and meet the first three members of our loose bike touring cooperative — the Spinners.  As you may know I rode half of the East Coast Greenway / … Continue reading →

The Wahoo Element Roam 3 head unit is operational again. Now I have maps and directions off the phone, and the phone off the handlebar. Wilmington, NC. I still have to tweak it because it’s not talking to me, nor … Continue reading →

Day 4 Start: Carolina Beach, NCFinish: Wilmington, NCMiles: 25.0 What I’m Reading: will we inherit everythingon the internet:miles of sand melted into windows, click — Nell Wright / “The Future”

A brisk 49 degree start to a glorious blue sky day. Little River, SC. North Carolina! It wasn’t a day deferred — it was deferred by a year, as I left the East Coast Greenway in Georgetown, SC last year … Continue reading →