PART ONE |
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pre-trip |
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| introduction |
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| the route |
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| the new bike |
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| what I'm taking |
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| list of training rides |
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| a little more on that subject |
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| getting there |
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Florida |
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| 0: quirky cemetery, the careless count, bum farto, polydactyls, first flight, danger |
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| 1: southernmost point, pandora and baryshnikov, a fresh breeze, my brother, the wall, emergency campsite |
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| 2: the hole, fred the tree, turtle hospital, mount lushmore, pedicure, foil board |
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| 3: not snowing, mitzi, tragedy strikes, mailboxes, hurricane monument |
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| 4: one grind, marathon at pinecrest bakery, african queen, christ of the abyss, charlie and larry |
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| 5: undersea lodge, goliath grouper, route selections |
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| 6: the quiet lady, lunch on the sidewalk, whopper, just navigating, Luis, joen the troll, grafitti |
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| 7: bakery bake-off, coppertone, the slab, holocaust memorial, pretty bright rocks, sidewalk, sand |
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| 8: houses and condos, first rain, lost cat |
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| 9: thrive, venice of america, el rio trail, rob |
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| 10: rest day, trivia, the cough, the helmet debate, my elbow |
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| 11: can't get out, the italian, fellowes' place, publix, loxahatchee crossing, two parks, gator culvert |
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| 12: do not swim with alligators, quintic, tunnel of trees, wall of palms, buddha boy, mailboxes, mr. rogers |
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| 13: crossings, floridetour, seals, weight loss |
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| 14: breakfast, a very close call with death, jack, breaching, the storm, launch |
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| 15: the leaf remains, drying out, surfer on a bike, mailboxes, serve yourself, jim/carrie, jon and carolyn |
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| 16-17: nasa, robin, wagyu, considering a skin peel |
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| 18: routing issues, scary santa, a few shadows, cocoa and jed, a hard push |
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| 19: cafetorium, admiring the tree, fresh berries, toby, palm and oak, bob ross, caterpillar with four teeth, grave in the road, scoot inn, last resort |
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| 20: gnome tree, the fifth third, drive-in church, casements, beware the harp, mailboxes, watchtower, surfing tournament |
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| 21: devil's elbow, rattlesnake island, bridge campers, tom, mailboxes, restaurant recommendation |
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| 22: believe it or not, the senator, no bagels for you!, ken, oldest schoolhouse, me in a few years, our lady, potter's, human foot in a cat hair rug, narrowest street, young crossing, king arrested, lion, castillo, the wars, oaks on magnolia, peacock |
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| 23: headwind, castle otttis, mailboxes, guana, floaters, schwing, brett, courage |
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| 24: bistro, ferry ride, adopt a highway, lady on the bridge, david, courage |
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Georgia |
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| 25: bad roads, 23 mph, next state, blocked roads, all that's left of him, georgia coast rail trail, nap time |
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| 26: buildings, ecg, dead peoples things, fat godley, bike path, found items, hostel in the forest |
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| 27: the beatific and the horrific, blessing the fleet, ju ju, comfort zone, those pants I was telling you about, sunday closures, delta zeta, the bed? |
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| 28: restrooms, smallest church, signs, dolly rogers, ian and bill, best jersey ever, second key card |
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| 29: world globe, squares, the trifecta, shrimp |
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| 30-31: trolley tour, planned city, but no jews, epiphyte moss, first african baptist church, haircut, forrest's bench, wrought iron, flannery and deen, headstones, graveface, mark 15, happy underwear |
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| 32: breakfast, the weeping time, missing yemassee, how not to die, state #3, taco truck, bait and switch, schizophrenic wind, tire wire, online pricing |
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South Carolina |
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| 33: more than a feeling, rick, drive-in, goodyear, accident on 17, bosom bottom church, temple of sport, edisto motel |
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| 34: talking guns, chapel of ease, lawnmower, square O, smoking mandate, captain tim, food lockup, testament |
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| 35: caterpillar and ant, a delicate matter with christine, george and the angel's wings, creepy and fuzzy, fleetmaster and tractor, sixty acres, mudville, chris, .38 and hot dogs |
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| 36: turtle, the swamp fox, kyle and the ambulance, cowhead, writing with tar, tell me a story, keep door close |
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| 37: charlie walker, a story at last, the big pentecostal, garmin gremlin, windright, the dog count, reverse psychology |
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| 38: fog, not a sign, mars hill, potato house, a chair when you need one, garmin gremlin, society hill |
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| 39-40: crazy blessed farm, a better microwave, relaxing, haint blue, uneven floors, moth, home-cooked meal, borrowed rocking chair |
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| 41: keep it or not, make stories, tire, bob's paper, state number four, four colors, tarzan and the angry beaver, old stage road, beautiful and heartbreaking, a new record, no trespassing, fudd, bad hair day, farmica, whose fault is it anyway |
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North Carolina |
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| 42: urp, NC drivers, road hieroglyphics, concealed carry, headstone, drowning creek, intimidating, crossword, home of american gold, p.t. barnum |
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| 43: coffee shop, smooth sailing, horse farms, manly church, highway 1, police, smooth sailing again, lunch at sky mart, uncle willie, flags, friendly people |
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| 44: toby, museum, steve's stoves, turkey and cigar sandwich, goldilocks, raconteur |
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| 45: adventure, cape fear, colon ahead, coffee money, microwave mailbox, christians or not, rabbit, no wave from me, lake evacuation, cyclists 3 & 4, lost parrot, apex police, gumpish |
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| 46: turtle, suburbia, designated bike path, platform 9-3/4, tree protection area, private residence, they're a wake at the moment, strawberries, rocks, peed indeed, garmin glitch |
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| 47: pollen pond, still living for danger, energy elementary, convenience site, not virginia, thank you jesus, elementary prohibitions, tar river, memory lane memories, happy times, dachshund sprayer, woodmen of the world, ed, mecca, steel flame |
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| 48: late start, larry, metro, into the arms of jesus, alive, the amazing tiny, the lane less traveled, solar farm, state #5, no shooting or stopping, painted trees |
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Virginia |
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| 49: tailwinds, escher, mike and ed, no weed, karo, dad joke, a little gravel, the gate, church break, big bird, severe thunderstorm, dylan, b&b |
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| 50: b&b break, shell, david & marcia, sweet dreams, magical, nottoway, slow men, a virtuous woman, train station, first cow, thermal drone deer recovery, hard luck, "god," giddy |
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| 51: breakfast busker, no interesting pictures, my own soap, a break from the excitement, talking mailboxes, see you soon |
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PART TWO |
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| in the interim |
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| 52: grand kugel, rex, rat basketball, as the world turns pendulum, man in a box, homes, liberty or death, murals, milk bottle building, marshall carries the veggies, have you seen this man? |
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| 53: a few facts, trolley tour, rachel and the serial killer, alligators at the jefferson, fancy club, secret sandwich society, bruce's house, lumpkin's jail, monumental fire, barbara johns walks out, poe house, spy ring, my search for beer, mr. ash |
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| 54: what marines fight for, waldo, gwathmey, wooden fist bump, train town, wade and the cigar, kugel, secretariat, the pineapple, ruritans, tree gobbling sign, shopping carts, buzzards bottom, cheapest hotel, no peeing |
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| 55: slim pickings, bull church, partly cloudy school, old house, clown drive, church pond, we blow!, 5-7 only, a tight squeeze, meade pyramid, pizza time |
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| 56: murals, not falling over, eskimo hill, bill's story, squirrel hollow, car wash, passing cars, quantico, float, ihop directions, fire truck, another new pr, a good aroma |
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| 57: exhausting sleep, riverfest, dave and john, something seriously wrong with me, water quality management, talking trees, tornado watch, fairfax water, 6-acre bridge park, my happy place, 4-mile run, trixie & co. |
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Washington, DC |
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| 58-59: face dance, "trixie, no!", peeing in your pants, escalator to heaven, the lime bait-and-switch, a ten-dollar shake, sculpture garden, scandalous george, pizza maker, robert and claire, second morning assault, the wrinkly man |
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Maryland |
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| 60: what fish want, a key crossing, a capital mistake, turtles, lockhouses, no formal training, tarzan's place, red fox, falls, the wrench and a weird vibe, poison ivy, 120 bucks to poop outside, complete servicing, the mouse and his ancestors |
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| 61: monocacy, manbun, the interaction of trees, stormy evidence, creamery, get that rooster drunk, buying mulch, not a train enthusiast, bugs cross, stopped train and the lucky charm, public spectacle, boiled frog, penny's diner |
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| 62: osvaldo and muhamad, mark does the AT, in the name of adventure, alex I'd like to buy an apostrophe, brown information, merging rivers, boric acid toilet powder, see how much I love you, dave, hotel bitterness, mosquito report |
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| 63: the invisible helmet, deer, morse code, muddy patches, potomac run, big-lipped trees, shroomy trees, burly trees, warty trees, insect stop, first working lock, more steps, marie's mission, halfway |
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| 64: waffle house, the mindreader, many turns river, mile 100, virginia dogs, the turtle king, upon reflection, boo boo blvd., the experiment, the big sneeze, staring contest, the thumb tap, cheap overpowers guilt, deet, polite rain, 1.8 miles |
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West Virginia |
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| 65: little richard's bumpersticker, quicksand, rock formations, 100% date, mudfest, the batty indigo, 40-foot turtle, nerd deer, telegraph poles, burly burl, lost cap, the pocked paw paw, bus cabin, colin, rode hard & put away wet |
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Maryland |
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| 66: wendall, keeping maryland beautiful, woolly caterpillar, field basketball, another staring contest, flying saucer meets tree trunk, a bale of turtles and some cool collectives, a non-green green heron, wodb?, home in an alley, flooded cumberland |
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| 67: flying monkeys, bone cave, inspiration, go in style, woodcock, switchback art, road sign, deet vs. helmet, mason-dixon, #9, fishing permitted, stacking gold, a savage offer, an entertaining deejay at the divide, keystone, brush, bollman, donges |
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Pennsylvania |
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| 68: a fowl bird, bee on a flower, the body bag offer, markleton, pinkerton, sort of thanks, trestle house, no going around, ticks, no shooting, wear orange, alien fungus, on guard, confluence, snake break, more fungi, the bonk, immersion |
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| 69: longest and shortest day, ohiopyle, hideous and beautiful, fallingwater, move the desk, how to spell god, blue steel, the trees have eyes, burrantlers, leprous trees, pickelhaube |
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| 70: stained glass arch, cheryl with a c, inspirational, witness protection, jock-strap-a-gany, mm100, snake whisperer, the raleigh's birthday, pet horses, yough ness monster |
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| 71: headless sneezer, bird bench, dead man's hollow, kennywood, rockslide, george's drain, bridges, buffalo bill, detour, ichabod's pogrom, ddt, gate on a bridge, hot metal bridge, the point, end of part 2 |
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PART THREE |
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| in the interim |
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| 72-73: facts, oldest mark, steepest street, funicular, inspector of steps, more than venice, phipps, cheeses of nazareth, big boot, telephone of the wind, roslyn place, fountain of youth |
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| 74-75: slept like a baby, city of firsts, emoticon, nickelodeon, kiss-my-ass clock, old overholt, world series, kdka radio, slinky, cathedral of learning, mellon pillars, mysterious door, the fence, dippy, gas station, b & t water, big mac |
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| 76: my life is saved, backwards in more ways than one, the pope gets married, his wife could eat no lean, the dog house, wampum, slippery rock, friday's hill, almost like home, tax this, failed art, land of taxes, subway, two and a half decades |
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Ohio |
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| 77: two fat guys and an oven, RIP, home protection, share the road, mail pouch, taking the low road, autism area, youngstown, woman in a parking lot, meeting bill, phoenix dies, a paper the mob couldn't shut up, sealcoating my pants, free naloxone |
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| 78: grohl alley, first flight, cockeye, center of the world, the backwards walking man, old cabin/new gutters, kiddies' punching bag, bad curve, hiding the mailbox, psssst, headwaters, dq and the wizard of odds, drive crossing, deeann♦ |
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| 79: making maple syrup, modern trash compactor, the arcade, house of blues, free stamp, a big chandelier, at cordelia♦ |
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| 80: what a bear does, shart realtors, "nature's preserve," no bicycles, barge tie-up?, storage in garlic♦ |
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| 81: 2-3 cylinders, barrier proud, the thin man, turn around, electric sex, steel mill, gregly pad, the bug dance, guardians of transportation, jacknife/swing/lift, sunburn, small giants, 6 bridges, jose & rocky, skyline, hore house, door zone♦ |
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| 82: near perfect, grand army highway, hidden drive, phone booth, break on the water, big chain, repurposed tower, cathedral to wealth, green turret house, lorain, carney time, skateworld, a bad shave♦ |
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