Holly Martins' Friend

  • 2018 Diamondback Haanjo Trail

    The Diamondback Haanjo Trail. I bought it in August 2018 anticipating a September trip on the C&O canal trail from Washington DC to Hancock, Maryland. The bicycle was perfectly fine for the ride. The trail, on the other hand, was inauspicious, muddy and infested with mosquitos. The bike lives on. It is in many ways…

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  • Shirley Chisholm State Park #1

    The gravel paths of Shirley Chisolm park snake around a big mound of a former landfill. It sounds less than glamorous I admit. The park was designed around the Fountain Ave and Pennsylvania Avenue Landfills.  It juts out into Jamaica Bay and from its highest point you can spin around in a full 360 degrees to…

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