By David Greisman – Columbia Patch
It took about four weeks and more than 1,000 miles of pedaling, but Stacy Heiliger made it, bicycling all the way around the Chesapeake Bay, setting off from Columbia on April 5 and making it back home on May 3.
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“I had thought that a long-distance cycling trip would be a lot of fun, but I was kind of nervous to try it ’cause I had never done it before. This way I was always just a few hours away [from family members] in case I had a meltdown on the side of the road, got injured, had a mechanical problem or wasn’t having fun.
“I was already familiar with Maryland and a lot of the areas I was going to, but a lot of it was new areas. There were places that I knew were there by the maps, but I’d never been there before. That was a whole lot of fun, just discovering different parts of the Chesapeake Bay and different communities that were off the beaten path.
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https://columbia.patch.com/articles/follow-up-columbia-woman-completes-29-day-bicycle-ride-around-chesapeake-bayoldId.20110510090840417
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