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Biking the Atlantic Coast – Part Three

December 17, 2020January 20, 2021 / Mark McGuire / 8 Comments

[This is Part 3 of a series on my bicycle ride down the East Coast with my wife Sarah] “It’s called dispersed camping.” Sarah and I just bumped into a long-distance bicycle rider—our first of the trip.  Her name is Adela Wagner.  Like us, she’s traveling south.  Unlike us, she is camping every night.  For … Continue reading Biking the Atlantic Coast – Part Three

Biking the Atlantic Coast – Part One

October 30, 2020December 22, 2020 / Mark McGuire / 11 Comments

[This is Part 1 of a series on my bicycle ride down the East Coast with my wife Sarah] "What did you get me into?," Sarah says as my head hits the pillow. It's a cold Sunday night in Minneapolis. We are leaving at 5AM tomorrow morning for Virginia in our rented minivan and the … Continue reading Biking the Atlantic Coast – Part One

Empty Nest Adventures – Part One

October 9, 2020October 15, 2020 / Mark McGuire / 9 Comments

In August, our youngest child Jimmy left for UW-Madison.  After a quarter of a century of being full time parents with kids at home, my wife Sarah and I are now empty nesters.  We have no fall sporting events to attend.  The house is eerily quiet, the dishwasher takes three days for us to fill … Continue reading Empty Nest Adventures – Part One

Biking Home

August 6, 2020October 15, 2020 / Mark McGuire / 8 Comments

It takes me around 5 hours to drive the 295 miles between our home in Minneapolis and our cottage outside of Watersmeet, Michigan.  I’ve driven the route countless times.  It’s a chore. The Drive For years I’ve thought about making the trip in a different way.  In a way that would turn that chore into … Continue reading Biking Home

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New post up at markjmcguire.com on our Atlantic Coast ride. We join forces with Adela Wagner to take on corvettes, storms, and old folks packing heat on the outer banks. Link in bio. #bikelife #allcitycycles #eastcoastgreenway
This Thanksgiving I’m so thankful for the kindness of people we met on our Atlantic Coast bicycle trip. Amazing people like Joyce, who prayed for us and helped us even though her son was dying in a hospital near by; Adela, who we shared part of our journey with and now call a dear friend; John and his wife Becky, who put together a goodie bag of food for us when we were hunkered down hiding from a tropical storm at a campground; Don, who biked up behind us to chat and ended up inviting us to his home for an outdoor lunch, and Keith, who saved us from insane Miami traffic by leading us to a bike boardwalk. These kind hearted people, and dozens more like them went out of their way to help us. You filled us up on our trip and revealed a beautiful America that looks far different than what we see on cable news every day. I’m so thankful for each of you and I hope I can pay forward your kindness. Thank you! #bicycletouring #bicycletravel
We made it to Key West and the end of our four week Atlantic Coast Ride! 1,317 miles of roaring cars, beautiful sunsets, tropical storms, long bridges, and kind people. We are already planning our next ride. #keywest #bikelife #bicycletouring #allcitycycles
So long Miami. Next time we promise to wear fancier clothes #miamibeach #bikelife
Today was a great day. My daughter @maddie_dockry announced that she is expecting our first grandchild, we crossed over 1,000 miles on our Atlantic coast biking trip, and we watched a rocket launch with an actual rocket scientist. Not sure I can top today anytime soon.

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