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    A Winter Retreat to Traveler's Rest Resort
    Wm Bracknell
    • Jan 31
    • 22 min

    A Winter Retreat to Traveler's Rest Resort

    Florida Winter Trip 2021 May 5th, 2021 It snowed at the homeplace Christmas Eve and there was a good coating on the ground when we...
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    A Biking Adventure on the GAP and C&O Canal
    Wm Bracknell
    • Oct 18, 2021
    • 21 min

    A Biking Adventure on the GAP and C&O Canal

    Pittsburgh to DC Bike Ride Sept. 12 to 20, 2021 I met Don at the Popular Camp Circle K on I-77 fourteen miles from our house at 7:15 on...
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    2020 Fall Travels
    Wm Bracknell
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 30 min

    2020 Fall Travels

    Biking and sightseeing in Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas Sept 26- Oct 14, 2020 It is Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 and we are in a...
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    2020 Florida Winter Retreat
    Wm Bracknell
    • May 26, 2020
    • 41 min

    2020 Florida Winter Retreat

    Florida 2020 We were at Faver-Dykes State Park for two nights, February 5 -6. According to the reservations I made, we were scheduled to...
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    Fall Biking in the MidWest -2019
    Chris B
    • Oct 29, 2019
    • 24 min

    Fall Biking in the MidWest -2019

    September 30 – October 12, 2019 After church, we left Wytheville heading out on I-77 and stopped at Dickie's Barbecue in Beckley, West...
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    Florida Winter Retreat - 2019
    Chris B
    • Apr 5, 2019
    • 46 min

    Florida Winter Retreat - 2019

    Chapter 1 We spent a good part of Saturday organizing and packing the truck and camper for our escape to the sunshine state. It was a...
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    Midwest Biking - Fall 2018
    Chris B
    • Oct 30, 2018
    • 35 min

    Midwest Biking - Fall 2018

    September 16th – October 6th Of the three states remaining in which I haven't ridden a bike trail, two were on the slate for this trip....
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    Florida Winter Vacation - 2018
    Chris B
    • Mar 27, 2018
    • 21 min

    Florida Winter Vacation - 2018

    February 3 – March 7th We left home at 12:30 on Saturday rather than Sunday because of the impeding wintery weather that was forecast. ...
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    Helping with Disaster Relief in Texas
    Chris B
    • Dec 20, 2017
    • 11 min

    Helping with Disaster Relief in Texas

    Texas Disaster Relief Mission Trip October 10 – 28, 20017 We left Tuesday morning around 9 am heading to Liberty, Texas. We camped at...
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    Maine ATC Conference Trip
August 2 – 12, 2017
    C Bracknell
    • Aug 23, 2017
    • 27 min

    Maine ATC Conference Trip August 2 – 12, 2017

    Waterville, Maine was our destination and the event was the Appalachian Trail Conservancy's biennial conference. We left at 7:30 on...
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    Seattle and the Hawaii Islands
June 9-25, 2017
    C Bracknell
    • Jun 30, 2017
    • 33 min

    Seattle and the Hawaii Islands June 9-25, 2017

    The day started early. We were awake before the set alarm of 5:30, got up at 5:15 and were on the way down the driveway after a quick...
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    Biking and Beaching in Down East Virgina
    Wm Bracknell
    • Apr 30, 2017
    • 5 min

    Biking and Beaching in Down East Virgina

    The Tobacco Heritage and The Virginia Capital Trail October 31-Nov 2, 2016 and April 11-12, 2017 Rhonda and I took a short trip to...
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    Florida Winter Vacation 2017
February 10 – March 12th
    C Bracknell
    • Apr 1, 2017
    • 30 min

    Florida Winter Vacation 2017 February 10 – March 12th

    Sunday, February 12 Our first night's camp was at Collecton State Park in Cannadays, South Carolina near St. George. We left home at...
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    Fall 2016 Bike Trip September 11- 28
    C Bracknell
    • Oct 11, 2016
    • 23 min

    Fall 2016 Bike Trip September 11- 28

    This was our 13th fall trip of a week or more since our retirement in 2003. The main goal of this trip was to add trail rides in two more...
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    May 2016 Asheville Visit
    C Bracknell
    • May 30, 2016
    • 11 min

    May 2016 Asheville Visit

    Forward - Back in April, we went down to Asheville to help my sister and bother-in-law clean out his parents house so they could sell it....
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    Florida Winter Vacation 2016
February 11th – March 12th
    C Bracknell
    • Apr 30, 2016
    • 31 min

    Florida Winter Vacation 2016 February 11th – March 12th

    Thursday, February 11 There was still about a half inch of snow on the driveway from the Tuesday snow when we pulled out on to Gleaves...
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    Washington, DC Trip with Dustin
October 7-12, 2015
    Wm. Bracknell
    • Dec 30, 2015
    • 5 min

    Washington, DC Trip with Dustin October 7-12, 2015

    Wednesday, October 7th We got dropped off at the Amtrak train station on Cabarrus Street in downtown Raleigh by Karisssa as she was on...
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    Pennsylvania Biking – Fall 2015
September 9-16
    Chris B
    • Sep 30, 2015
    • 14 min

    Pennsylvania Biking – Fall 2015 September 9-16

    Wednesday, September 9 We left home at 8:35 to begin the long drive to the Little Pine State Park north of Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania...
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    Chris B
    • Aug 30, 2015
    • 8 min

    2015 ATC Biennial Conference Shenandoah University Winchester, Va. July 17 – 24

    We arrived on the campus of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia just before noon after a four and half hur drive up from home....
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    Spring Biking in Maryland and Pennsylvania
2015
    Wm. Bracknell
    • Jul 1, 2015
    • 21 min

    Spring Biking in Maryland and Pennsylvania 2015

    c Rather than drive all the way to the DC/Georgetown area in one day, we set our first day stop a few miles south of Front Royal,...
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