Monthly Archives: August 2016

Trip Log – Day 297 – Fayetteville TN to Bell Buckle TN

August 28, 2016 – Partly cloudy, 85 degrees Miles Today: 46 Miles to Date: 15,284 States to Date: 42   Tennessee is beautiful place to cycle. The roads are in good shape, drivers are courteous, and the scenery is lovely. … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Victor Dzidzienyo, Bradford C. Grant, and Sylvia Robinson, Howard University, Washington DC

Victor Dzidzienyo, Associate Professor of Howard University’s School of Architecture emigrated from Ghana to study here. He completed graduate work at Howard and has taught at the School of Architecture, under numerous academic titles, for forty years. He worked with … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 296 – Arab AL to Fayetteville TN

August 27, 2016 – Partly cloudy, 85 degrees Miles Today: 63 Miles to Date: 15,238 States to Date: 42    A day of easy riding down the broad slope of US 231 to the Tennessee River, winding along the bicycle … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Andrew Umentum, Mount Rainier MD

“I don’t aspire to live a safe, comfortable, suburban life.” Andrew Umentum is a lanky Midwestern graduate from University of Wisconsin – Madison. When he began working for National Geographic as a cartographer he lived in College Park, but moved … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 295 – Birmingham AL to Arab, AL

August 26, 2016 – Partly cloudy, 85 degrees Miles Today: 70 Miles to Date: 15,175 States to Date: 41 Southern Cycling    …chased by dogs… pithy slogans on church signs… rebel flags on trailer houses that never move… propane farms… … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Megan Young, Sheila Maffay-Tuhill, and Michael Hartman, Greenbelt MD

The place to meet in Greenbelt MD is The New Deal Cafe, which serves very good Middle-Eastern food. I met Megan Young, Director of the Greenbelt Museum, Sheila Maffay-Tuthill, the museum’s Education Coordinator as well as long-time Greenbelt resident, and … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 294 – Mountain Brook, AL to Birmingham AL

August 25, 2016 – Partly cloudy, 90 degrees Miles Today: 28 Miles to Date: 15,105 States to Date: 41 Birmingham: I was lost, but now I’m found; was blind but now I see.  Today I got so lost I could … Continue reading

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “We have lost faith in science. It began with the Cold War, when ‘duck and cover’ didn’t give us confidence against the threat of nuclear war. White-coated scientists lost their prestige. Then science began to … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 293 – Anniston AL to Mountain Brook, AL

August 24, 2016 – Partly cloudy, 90 degrees Miles Today: 78 Miles to Date: 15,077 States to Date: 41  After two days of being spoiled by the Silver Comet / Chief Ladiga Trails it was hard to share the pavement … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 292 – Piedmont AL to Anniston AL

August 23, 2016 – Partly cloudy, 80 degrees Miles Today: 29 Miles to Date: 14,970 States to Date: 41 Cycling through Piedmont, a town that has seen better days, reminds me of something a guy in Atlanta said. “The Civil … Continue reading

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