8/3/20 – New York, NY What a city! The first time I came here in 1971 thick clouds covered the city and only the top of the Empire State Building could be seen. When we arrived yesterday, it was clear
8/1/20 – Brotherly Love and the New “Jersey Girls”
8/1/20 – Brotherly Love and the New “Jersey Girls” Last night we arrived on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, one of the great colonial cities of early America and a great business center today. My nephew-in-law,
7/29/20 – Back to West Virginia and on to Delaware
7/29/20 – Back to West Virginia and on to Delaware On the evening of July 28th I got a call from my publicist, Casey Colesworthy, that I had to be in Shepherdstown, West Virginia the next day at 11 a.m.
7/27/20 – Sunride Goes to Washington D.C.
7/27/20 – Sunride Goes to Washington D.C. The highlight of the trip to D.C. was my meeting with Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley at the Capitol. (The audio in the clip above is muffled – here’s what I said: This is
7/24/20 – Richmond to Williamsburg, Virginia
7/24/20 – Richmond to Williamsburg, Virginia We met Brad, a cycling enthusiast, at the campground in Natural Bridge, Virginia who recommended I take Sunride on the 52-mile jaunt from Richmond to Williamsburg. “It’s a beautiful, mostly wooded trail through Virginia’s farm
7/20/20 – Memory Lane – Kingsport, TN
7/20/20 – Memory Lane – Kingsport, TN Today I find myself in Kingsport, Tennessee, where I was born, grew up, graduated from high school, and bolted. I’ve been back a dozen or more times over the years, most recently for my
7/18/20 – A Case for the Judge in West Virginia
7/18/20 – A Case for the Judge in West Virginia The day began in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. I biked around town on a Greenway Trail that looped the city, then weighed other biking options with a helpful young woman named Neddie
7/18/20 – Kentucky
7/18/20 – Kentucky From base camp in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, deep in the Appalachia Mountain Range, I drove up the “Coal Heritage Highway” toward Kentucky. It was only 12 miles to the state line. I had planned to bike
7/17/20 – Parnelli Patterson
7/17/20 – Parnelli Patterson On my morning ride around Asheville, I came across a cycling race way. Yep, in addition to the great NASCAR race tracks in nearby Charlotte and Bristol, Asheville has one for bicycles. I could have just continued on
7/16/20 – The Carolinas
7/16/20 – The Carolinas The day started in Greenville, South Carolina. From a great many bike trails in and around the city I chose the Swamp Rabbit Trail, partially because of its 30-mile length but mainly because of the beguiling