Blogs from Virginia, United States, North America - page 118

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Hampton area of Virginia Possibly because of light traffic, we “dry camped” at the south parking lot of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. We want to make the crossing in the morning when we are fresh as this has been a long day - over 350 miles. Camping and overnight parking isn’t normally an option at the south end, but we prevailed on a nice security officer (the area has 24 hour security and is lighted) and got the thumbs up to stay the night. We “cooked” a wonderful sunset and dinner (hot dogs and a black bean salad) at our parking spot near the pier - our RV table window was so close to the bay as to make it seem like we were looking out a cruise ship window. We have full ... read more

I had forgotten about Daylight Savings Time. I’m not referring to the usual Sunday, or even Monday morning, social embarrassment of “Oops, I forgot to change my clock,” but rather I forgot that Daylight Saving Time was even coming up. What with the baby and all, it just wasn’t a consideration. So last week I was explaining to a new rider on the Monday night club ride from East Coast Bikes that we would be riding mountain bikes until the Daylight Savings kicked in, when we would switch to road bikes. I think it was Bill who pitched in, “That’s next week.” “What?” I asked, jumping in surprise, “Daylight Savings is next week. ‘Spring forward’ on Sunday.” “Really?” “Yup. I’ve been keeping track of it since December.” “Cool!” Fast forward a week, and thunderstorms were predicted ... read more

Welcome to my travel blog. This will chronicle the journey I am making to South America starting tomorrow. I’m visiting an old friend who works in Pilar, Paraguay as a Peace Corps volunteer. They say Paraguay is not the most interesting country on the continent, but it should be interesting experiencing another culture, seeing what kind of work the Peace Corps is doing down there and we may hop across the border of Argentina or Brazil to see the Ingassu Falls, a sight I’m told makes Niagara look like a leaky faucet. The first part of my journey will be the drive to JFK Airport in New York. It was supposed to be cheaper flying out of NYC, but schedule changes in the flights have may my connecting flights to JFK untenable. So I’m just going ... read more

Greetings from Arlington I am currently navigating my very messy. half packed up apartment. The only one who seems to be having an adventure is Hannah the cat. She is spending time exploring many boxes and drawers and I trying not to trap her in them. I am hoping this adventure gets better. Here is a photo of of our pub trivia home.... read more

Baby, it’s cold outside. My pregnant wife is huddled up under the quilt with the dog to watch a John Cusack romantic comedy that she’s already seen a dozen times. Meanwhile out in the garage, I’m holding my hands atop a space heater so decrepit that I can actually hold my hands atop it without burning them off, hoping that my fingers will thaw enough to thread a new shifter cable. In the flickering fluorescent light my breath puffs up in clouds, and I step warily past the patch of ice in front of the double doors. I doublewrap my handlebars: new tape for this season atop white tape gone grimy from last season. This year I’m going with black tape, hoping that it won’t show the miles nearly as much. In the cold I curse ... read more