Attending a conference in Waynesboro on Friday and Saturday left me with an opportunity to get in a little road cycling outside of my normal flat terrain so I added the bike and a bit a camping gear to the packing list and headed north. At the conclusion of Saturday’s meeting, I drove up the […]
Camping
Cycling Around Lake Mattamuskeet
The forecast was perfect for a weekend on the Outer Banks but I wasn’t too interested in doing this weekend’s long ride on the coast. While doing a little virtual wandering with Google Maps, I spotted Lake Mattamuskeet just west of Pamlico Sound. Plotting a route with Garmin BaseCamp, it looked like it would make […]
Some More Bike’n and Kite’n on the Outer Banks
The weather forecast for this weekend was too good to pass up so I made my fifth roadtrip in six weeks and my fourth to the Outer Banks. On the way down, I made a little detour up to Corolla and added the Currituck Lighthouse to my US Lighthouse Passport. Getting to Oregon Inlet Campground […]
Bike’n, Kite’n, and Kayak’n
I ventured a bit further south this weekend and headed down to Cape Hatteras for a weekend of biking, kiting, and kayaking. The weather was great – clear, cool and windy! This brought the kiteboarders out in droves and literally filled the sky with kites in all the popular locations. I camped at one of […]
Shenandoah Mountain Biking
I met up with some old college roommates for their annual camping/trout fishing trip to the Jackson River this past weekend. Not being an avid fisherman, I took the opportunity to do some mountain biking in the George Washington National Forest. After arriving around noon on Friday and setting up camp, I hopped on the […]