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Riding Bikes Across the Pensacola Bay Bridge
There are so many unique places to ride when you really start hunting for them, and this was one of those rides. The Pensacola Bay Bridge (or three-mile bridge as it’s known locally) is a huge expanse over Pensacola Bay reaching 65 feet above the water. The best part is that they built this bridge…
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Columbus Spring Concert Dinner Ride
On this cool day in April, we were itching to get out of the house and get a few miles in. We were just back from our trip to San Antonio and the weather was nice enough to get out there and ride. We were totally unaware when we hit the trail that we would…
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Meeting a Bikepacker Riding on I-10
To say our trip home from the Men’s Final Four Tournament of the basketball season of 2024-25 was an adventure would be a severe understatement. We left San Antonio early in the morning knowing that the 14 hour drive was ahead. The rest of the family left about an hour before we did, but we…
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Riding San Antonio South Mission Trails
On Sunday, April 6, 2025, after having lunch on the Riverwalk with family, we headed out to the south side of San Antonio to ride the Pleasanton Road Trail which is part of the larger Howard E. Peak Greenway Trails System of San Antonio and the surrounding area. The Pleasanton Road Trail winds it’s way…
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Trying to Ride San Antonio North Riverwalk
We made it to San Antonio to watch the Auburn Tigers participate in the Men’s College Basketball Final Four. Please see the last post about the trip from home to Texas. Auburn put up a good fight, but was really no match for Florida on that particular day in that particular game. It was such…
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Driving to San Antonio Riverwalk Trails
Another year, another Final Four. Well, not really. While Auburn University seems to always be one of the best basketball teams in the country every year, they never are quite good enough to close the deal. Of course, that is a subject for another time. This year, Auburn did make it to the Final Four…
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Riding the Gulf Side of Branyon Backcountry Trails
We finally got a chance to get back down to Gulf Shores to ride most of the trail segments of the Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail located in Gulf State Park, Alabama that we missed the last time we were down here. This time Scott brought his Allant and I brought my FX. As I…
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Auburn Wandrer with Cut Throughs
Have you ever looked down the huge cleared strips under the high tension power lines and wondered if it was possible to travel from one place to another by walking or riding in the cleared area? You see these super long cleared spaces and it just seems like that part of the land could be…
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Columbus Riverwalk to Fort Benning Loop
I have written some about the Columbus Riverwalk Trail in previous posts, so in this post I want to share the first time we went beyond the entrance to Fort Benning on the trail and provide some insight on what to expect when riding on a base. This ride was the first time we had…
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Riding Chief LaDiga Trail Anniston to Borden Springs
The Chief LaDiga Trail is a 33 mile paved multi-use pathway that is part of the Rails To Trails network of trails across the United States. It begins in Anniston, Alabama and stretches to the Alabama/Georgia border where it seamlessly meets the 62 mile Silver Comet trail, ending at Smyrna, Georgia. When ridden the entire…
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