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J & D Tree Pros Recommendation

Friday, May 25th, 2007

J & D Tree Pros, Inc - Serving Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Just had these guys remove 5 Pine trees and 1 Elm tree and they did a great job.  Very professional, friendly and on time.  Trees came out like nothing using a big crane.  Here are a few shots of the process:

Only incident was my [...]

3 hour ride starting in Cary, NC

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Had a great 3 hour ride south of Cary, NC yesterday. My first real long ride since coming back from hernia surgery and it felt great. Two friends and I did a bunch of back roads south of Cary (TOPO! TPO file GPX file) on a sunny 65 degree morning. The route [...]

Cary Parkway to Jordan Lake Backroads Ride

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

Had a nice ride out to Jordan Lake this morning (see map). Some really nice roads, especially Wimberly and the other roads around 751. 751 is decent on bike, but there is a lot of car traffic compared to the other backroads around it. Lowlights of the ride are High House (short [...]

Apex Chemical Fire

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Had a little bit of a scare this morning due to the chemical fire in the next town over, Apex, NC. Our house is about a mile away from the boundary of the evacuation area. I did not, however, hear the explosions or anything like that, despite being awake at the time of [...]