In Search of…musings for my grandchildren while riding my bike…
This blog post explains another of our locker room slang “Chooch!” and there’s a new Great Pizza Search (GPS) #22 to Wiseguy Pizzeria in Hammondsport, NY. “You Big Chooch” Another locker room, and even high school hallway, slang was “you chooch!” or “you big chooch!” or “you choochadell!” This word had different meanings depending upon … Continue reading You Big Chooch (GPS #22)
This blog post is long but not about GPS, or GPa , or even GPO! Instead of searching, this post is about FINDING. Last week, I did a virtual gravel bike race as part of the 2020 Durty Bikes Virtual Gravel Series. Virtual in this case means that the race organizer sets up a course, … Continue reading The Finding!
This post is broken into several parts: What's the Great Post Office (GPO) Search GPO #2 - Ride from Fulton to Mannsville, NY searching for 12 Post Offices GPS #17 - Ramsey's Pizzeria, Adam's Center, NY Featured Post Office What′s the Great Post Office (GPO) Search So, what's GPO? It's the Great Post Office Search … Continue reading GPO #2 & GPS #17 – Awesome Fulton! MEH Pizza!
The first time I heard the word La Bicicleta was in Italian class during my 2nd year in college. I figured, "what better way to meet a 'nice Italian girl' than in Italian class?" It didn't work (with the girl), but I fell in love with the word and object, La Bicicleta. La Bicicleta (pronounced … Continue reading GPS #15 and #16 – La Bicicleta! (Part 1)
Great Pizza Search (GPS) #14 was a bike ride to Pizza D's in Mendon, NY. I chose D's because it is next to the Lehigh Valley Trail. The route would take in the Erie Canal Trail, Auburn Branch of the Lehigh Valley Trail, and the Main Branch of the Lehigh (Strava Link). I needed the … Continue reading GPS #14 – Pizza D’s, Mendon, NY
GPS #10 On July 14, the Great Pizza Search (GPS) #10 took me to Italian Kitchen in Ovid, NY. We ended up in Ovid after a 62+ mile ride around the south end of Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate NY. Montour Falls, NY Also part of this ride, I was able … Continue reading GPS #10, #11 & #12 – Italian Kitchen, Ovid, NY & Homemade 10-12
On June 30, 2020, I rode to BB's Pizzeria in Newark, NY for my Great Pizza Search (GPS) #6. I chose BB's because their "About Us" seemed interesting, and I needed to ride 70 miles to get 1000 miles for the month of June. Newark is a 70 mile round trip (click here to go … Continue reading GPS #6 -BB’s Pizzeria, Newark, NY
Today, was GPS (Great Pizza Search) #3. I didn't ride to today's pizza joint, but trust me, I earned my pizza! Eventually, we made our way to Luigi's in Naples (no, Naples, NY) after an epic gravel race. The gravel race is Course 1 of the Durty Bike Gravel Race Series 2020 (https://durtybikes.com/). Due to … Continue reading GPS #3 – Ah, Napoli, oops not that Naples!
Yesterday's failure to get a slice made me think a lot about COVID and me. Am I being too risk averse at the expense of living? So, today, I hopped on my bike to make amends to myself. I left late "ish" giving me only 3 hours to get to Nima's in Palmyra, NY, order … Continue reading Day 2 – GPS (Great Pizza Search) – Return to Nima’s
Today, June 22, 2020 was to be the first pizzeria in the Great Pizza Search (was is the important word, unfortunately). With some thought, I developed some personal criteria (subject to change) for a pizzeria to which I'd bike. Not part of a national (Dominos, etc...) or regional (Mark's, Salvatore's) chainFar enough away to make … Continue reading Day 1 – the Great Pizza Search – FAIL!
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