by Melanie McManus | Dec 2, 2020 | Biking, Bolivia, Stories
Read This Article, Published on HowStuffWorks I never plan to bike down North Yungas Road in Bolivia. I’m not even sure I plan to go to Bolivia, although I hope to explore at least one country in South America. That’s a continent still on my bucket list....
by adventuretoward | Sep 1, 2017 | Biking, Michigan, Stories
Read This Article On The Star Tribune Biking is all the rage on Mackinac Island, where cars are forbidden. That no-car rule has an interesting history, but it’s in the story, so I won’t spoil it. So, for those of you who haven’t heard of Mackinac...
by adventuretoward | Apr 4, 2014 | Alabama, Biking, Mississippi, Stories, Tennessee, United States
Read This Article On The Star Tribune The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444-mile (715-km) parkway and one of America’s 150 National Scenic Byways. It follows the route of the original Natchez Trace, a transportation corridor used from 1800-1820. A trip along the...
by adventuretoward | Oct 25, 2013 | Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Trail Journals
Ed and I drove from my conference in Biloxi to Natchez, Miss., this morning. The trip took about 3.5 hours. Natchez, by the way, is known for its wealth of antebellum homes turned into B&Bs. Kinda wished we’d stayed the night here so I could try one! Anyway,...
by adventuretoward | Oct 26, 2013 | Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Trail Journals
Today we were leaving Port Gibson and heading for Clinton. Luckily, it was another sunny, beautiful day on the Natchez Trace Parkway. The first few hours were pretty cold, though. When we first started, it was 40 degrees out. The Trace was also very shady in this...
by adventuretoward | Oct 27, 2013 | Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Trail Journals
Today we were biking from Clinton to Kosciusko, Miss., a trip that would take us around Jackson. Before we set out, we’d heard from other cyclists that biking around Jackson on the Trace was “white-knuckle biking.” It’s called that because so...
