Have you seen any announcements about 2023 being the North Carolina Year of the Trail? Did you know trails are an essential resource for the $28 billion outdoor recreation industry in NC that employs over 260,000 people? Those numbers are a little dry so one of the promotional videos makes it simpler to understand –...
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American Tobacco Trail (ATT)
One of my goals for 2023 is to ride more long trails. My friend RĂ©mi had not ridden the American Tobacco Trail yet. Inviting her on this ride seemed like a great opportunity to start off the year. Not only would we ride the full length of the trail, but since we were doing an...
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2023?!
Is it 2023 already?!? Looking at my blog posts, you might get the impression I haven’t been doing much over the last five years. I’m ashamed to admit that would be a correct impression. But it’s not accurate. The truth is I have been fortunate enough to have done a lot of exploring and traveling...
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How To Plan a Road Trip
Road Trip!!! A road trip is a great way to get out and enjoy seeing the world. Destination trips can be fun too but for sheer volume of scenery, it's hard to beat a road trip. You can travel by bicycle, motorcycle, car, or RV. All it takes to get a road trip started is...
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More Tetractus Trails
On the Tetractus Quest The next trails I rode in my quest to earn Oak City Cycling Project‘s Tetractus Bike Challenge patch were Lake Crabtree County Park’s multi-use trails and Harris Lake County Park’s Hog Run Trails. Both of these trail systems are fairly well known. On the Tetractus list, one could argue they are...
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Take on the Tetractus MTB Challenge
Need a little motivation to help you ride more often and on more trails? If you’re like me, you probably end up riding the same trails over and over. Riding just for the sake of biking is all fine and well, but sometimes a little motivation can make riding a lot more fun. Enter the...
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Riding the Blue Clay Bike Park
How much fun can the Blue Clay Bike Park trails really offer a mountain biker? You might be pleasantly surprised - I was! Located just north of Wilmington, NC and barely 8 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, these trails are obviously nowhere near a mountain. Even coming from the Raleigh area where it's hard to...
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2017 Bike Travel Weekend
In 2016, Adventure Cycling Association promoted the first weekend in June as Bike Travel Weekend. They encouraged cyclists to get out for an overnight ride to somewhere, anywhere. The goal was to motivate more people to choose cycling as a mode for travel. You could ride to a friend’s house and spend the night or...
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Trail Areas of the Uwharrie, Part 3
This is the third of a three-part series about the different trail areas covered in the second edition of the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide. The guidebook is organized in sections, one for each geographic area containing trails. Sections are ordered alphabetically, making it easier to find a specific trail area when flipping through the...
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Trail Areas of the Uwharrie, Part 2
This is the second of a three-part series about the different trail areas covered in the second edition of the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide. The guidebook is organized in sections, one for each geographic area containing trails. Sections are ordered alphabetically, making it easier to find a specific trail area when flipping through the...
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