A bike bingo game built on a personal wish list of rides

My new way to organize bike rides I want to do.

This isn’t about one bike ride. Instead, it’s a way I’ve found to organize my To Be Ridden wish list (a riff off To Be Read, for all you bookworms).

With a bingo sheet.

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Great swoops! The WB&A Trail bridge over the Patuxent River is finally open — and we found some surprises

Here’s what the trail straddling two counties is like.

One 180-degree turn, then another. That next one — a third, or just a squiggle?

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Biking the Loire: The hardest part was the train

Just getting a reservation on a local train was cumbersome.

When we planned our bike vacation along France’s Loire River, part of Eurovelo 6, I hadn’t expected that the train would be the hardest part.

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Biking the Loire: 5 day trips from Tours

Saumur, Villandry, Chinon, Chenonceau and more.

It took us more than an hour to get out of Saumur, a town of 26,000 along the Loire River in France.

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Biking the Loire: Why staying in one town was the perfect choice for us

A different way to tackle Eurovelo 6.

Our final night in Tours: Leftovers from our many market stops.

On this bike trip to Europe, we decided to try something different: Rather than biking from point to point along a castle-laden section of Eurovelo 6 in France, we would base ourselves in one town and do day trips.

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2 Rhode Island 5-star attractions in 1 day: East Bay Bike Path and WaterFire

Pick a day in Providence to enjoy both.

A quick recap of a glorious summer day.

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I explored the old Bell Labs by bike — here’s what I found

Now Bell Works, it’s a vibrant place to visit.

The old Bell Labs complex in Holmdel, NJ, site of so many scientific discoveries and advancements that we take for granted today, has long been on my list of places to visit.

Lucky for me, a friend was up for a ride. Even better, she planned the route!

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This is the best way to bike to New York City from New Jersey

Princeton Junction to Highlands to Manhattan.

This ranks up there with one of my best one-day bike rides. You really have to do it.

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Day 10 biking in Quebec: A quick 23 miles to close the loop, plus extra tips

Bike path after bike path all the way back to our starting point.

That’s the Montreal skyline, seen from a bridge at mile 17.5.

What a finale to our bike adventure in Canada! Bike path after bike path all the way back to where we started in Boucherville, outside Montreal.

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Day 9 in Quebec: A bike highway for part of our 73-mile day

Another great day on the Route Verte. Even with all that climbing.

In some ways this was our toughest day. Not only was it the most mileage but we climbed about 3,000 feet. And two-thirds of it was in the first 28 miles.

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