Posted by: livelovethinkexist | July 2, 2009
Photos – U.S. Bike Trip – 1976-1977 (Set Two – West Virginia to Texas)
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This is a newspaper article and photo of our bike trip that appeared in the Moundsville Daily Echo, in Moundsville, West Virginia, on October 7, 1976.
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We were referred to the owner of the Moundsville Daily Echo as he was a bike rider; and he let us sleep in the newspaper building between the presses – this is another view of the article and photo of our trip.
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The newspaper photo shows Bruce (left) and I (right) discussing our trip with Keith McMahon (center), who was the Glendale Planning Chairman at the time.
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This is the photo description that accompanied our article in the Moundsville Daily Echo.
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I cropped this Moundsville Daily Echo photo to show Bruce and his bike.
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This cropped photo shows Keith McMahon (left) and I discussing our trip.
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Here’s Bruce standing with his bike in this cropped photo – we had only been on the road 16 days when this picture was taken.
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I’m shown beside my bike in this cropped photo; at this point of the trip we were about to be tested by the Appalachian Mountains for the first time.
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This is the right half of the Moundsville Daily Echo’s front page, where the newspaper banner shows the date – October 7, 1976.
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This is a close up of the right side of the newspaper banner with the date of our article – October 7, 1976.
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Here’s a picture of Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, from October 15, 1976; where we climbed the rock face and camped that night with a bunch of fellow rock climbers. (Color photocopy)
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This picture shows Bruce (right) and I (center) catching a ride on a flat bed truck from Lake Charles, LA, to Houston, TX, in the rain.
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