Monthly Archives: July 2016

Trip Log – Day 266 – Severn MD to Mount Rainier MD

July 28, 2016 – Sun, 95 degrees Miles Today: 35 Miles to Date: 13,682 States to Date: 36  Can a person get too much sleep? Despite yesterday being a light day, I slept ten hours, and then felt draggy all … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 265 – Baltimore MD to Severn MD

July 27, 2016 – Sun, 90 degrees Miles Today: 19 Miles to Date: 13,647 States to Date: 36 Today may be the first day when I didn’t start riding until after 4 p.m.! I spent my day in Charm City, … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 264 – Newark DE to Baltimore MD

July 26, 2016 – Sun, 90 degrees Miles Today: 67 Miles to Date: 13,628 States to Date: 36 My last ten miles in Delaware took me past two of the state’s best-known brands: University of Delaware and DuPont. Then I … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 263 – Dover DE to Newark DE

July 25, 2016 – Sun, 90 degrees Miles Today: 51 Miles to Date: 13,561 States to Date: 35 Seattle may be the best city I’ve cycled; Ohio is tops for the network of rail trails; but no state (so far) … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 262 – Milford, DE to Dover DE

July 24, 2016 – Sun, 90 degrees Miles Today: 24 Miles to Date: 13,510 States to Date: 35  After spending the morning with my high school friend Gary Ralph and his husband Bill Robbins and attending a joyous service at … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 261 – Cape May, NJ to Milford, DE

July 23, 2016 – Sun, 100 degrees Miles Today: 38 Miles to Date: 13,486 States to Date: 35  Yoga on the beach! My Cape May host is a yoga teacher who runs a beach class every morning for the posh … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 260 – Toms River NJ to Cape May, NJ

July 22, 2016 – Sun, 95 degrees Miles Today: 104 Miles to Date: 13,448 States to Date: 34 Some days you just have to pedal. After so much nostalgia and lots to ruminate upon, I looked forward to the fifth … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Rick Demers, School Chef, Danbury CT

What’s a guy supposed to do when he’s been cooking since age 15, graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, runs the kitchen at a swank Greenwich CT country club where he meets and marries a knockout Rumanian who proclaims: … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 259 – Toms River NJ

July 21, 2016 – Sun, 85 degrees Miles Today: 19 Miles to Date: 13,344 States to Date: 34 Thomas Wolfe wrote, You Can’t Go Home Again. He was wrong. You can return. Just be prepared for home to be so … Continue reading

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “I have been influenced by Valerie. I was 36 when we got married. I was the kid in the wonder years. Valerie is my best friend. I have a lot of optimism about the future. … Continue reading

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