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Cycle North Carolina

Mountains to the Coast tour of 2016.

The eighteenth annual ride is scheduled for a Banner Elk to Atlantic Beach route, from October 1 to October 8, 2016. With beautiful tourist stops along scenic back roads, the “Mountains to Coast” trek is the highlight of the year for many cyclists from across the nation. Cycle North Carolina will begin its full-service, cross-state ride on

Note: These pictures above are from the approach and entry into Lexington, NC.  To see the full size picture, click on the “Picture List” and then click on each picture.  Share as you wish!

October 1st at the Tate-Evans Park in Banner Elk, and will arrive at the Atlantic Beach Circle on October 8th, with 1,100 bicyclists expected to participate. Over the course of the week, riders will bike an average of 60 miles per day. Additional overnight stays are planned for the towns of Wilkesboro, Lexington, Burlington, Sanford, Clinton and Jacksonville. The Cycle North Carolina “Mountains to Coast” Tour is the state’s only fully-supported ride created in 1999 with the N.C. Division of Tourism, Capital Broadcasting Company, the N.C. Department of Transportation and North Carolina Amateur Sports as founding partners. Cycle North Carolina was developed to promote North Carolina’s scenic beauty, heritage tourism, visitor attractions, historic sites, state parks, fitness, healthy lifestyles and the benefits of bicycling to individuals and our state. During the past 18 years, Cycle North Carolina has stopped overnight in more than 100 North Carolina towns and visited nearly 700 North Carolina communities.

 

 

Lexington, North Carolina, USA

Lexington NC USA Remembers

September 11, 2016 marked the 15th Anniversary of the senseless attack of Americans on American soil.  Bucolic Lexington, NC remembers her national heroes and her local heroes in a fitting ceremony on a beautiful September day.

“We remember and we will never forget the nearly 3,000 beautiful lives taken from us so cruelly—including 184 men, women and children here, the youngest just three years-old. We honor the courage of those who put themselves in harm’s way to save people they never knew. We come together in prayer, and in gratitude for the strength that has fortified us across these 15 years. And we renew the love and faith that binds us together as one American family.”  –President Obama, September 11, 2016

“A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. America was targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.”  — President George W. Bush

God bless Lexington, NC and the USA!