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Total miles: 22, +/- elevation, 1073/971, Total miles so far: 652. Weather cloudy and a little drizzle and low 60’s. No sign of the Dukes of Hazard or their car. We did a shorter ride today after our lengthy ride yesterday. From here it is 2 days ride to Berea.

Total miles: 70, +/- elevation: 4938/5577, Total miles so far: 630, Weather: Low 40’s to start, partly sunny and low 70’s at end of day. Not many options on places to stay so we had to make it 70 miles to the First Baptist Church in Hindman, Kentucky. We started rolling in the cold atContinue reading “Day 21 Breaks Park to Hindman, KY”

Day off or zero day so enjoyed Breaks Interstate Park. Park is on the border of Kentucky but is actually on Virginia land. Park offers beautiful views, horse back riding, cottages, lake with boat rentals, camping and lodge. So something for everyone. Park volunteer Karen lead a short hike down to a lake. She talkedContinue reading “Day 20 Breaks Interstate Park”

Total miles 26, +/- elevation 1978/1752, Total miles so far 560. Weather 40’s to start, mid 60’s by afternoon. Our ride today ended at Breaks Interstate Park. Both Kentucky and Virginia operate the park. It is called the Grand Canyon of the South. Riders ahead of us reported bears in the campground so we bookedContinue reading “Day 19 Council,VA to Breaks Interstate Park”

Total miles: 18, +/- elevation: 1706/2172. Total miles so far 534. Weather: Cloudy, upper 40’s to start, partly cloudy upper 50’s in afternoon. Woke up this morning to low temperatures in the low 40’s and rain. Around 1pm the rain stopped so we loaded up the bikes and got moving. Our goal today was theContinue reading “Day 18 to Rosedale, VA to Council, VA”

Total miles: 32, +/- elevation 2927/2635. Total miles so far 516. Weather: partly cloudy upper 50’s Good ride today. We are going slower than expected but enjoying the ride! Lodging/Camping availability, cool damp weather, and getting our Illinois legs used to all of this uphill has limited us a little bit. Scott who was ridingContinue reading “Day 17 Damascus, VA to Rosedale, VA”

Total miles 35, +/- 2,792/1,814 elevation. Total miles so far 459. Weather upper 60’s perfect biking weather. We were really trying to camp. This is the second campground we wanted to visit that has been closed due to water issues. Instead of camping we stayed at the Sufi Lodge. We had a nice private roomContinue reading “Day 15 Wytheville, VA to Troutdale, VA”

Total miles 10, +/- 994/748 elevation. Total miles so far 424. Weather upper 60’s wind 20-25 mph and sunny. Low mile day today. We are averaging 5 miles per day over the last 2 days. At this rate we will be in Oregon in the spring of 2023! Wytheville is a nice little town withContinue reading “Day 14 Ft Chiswell, VA to Wytheville, VA”

Weather forecast was not good and we were feeling pretty beat up so we decided to take a rest day. Threatening clouds most of the day, cold and windy but not much rain. We stayed 2 nights at a nice Comfort Inn for a reasonable price. Easy walking distance to big gas station! Not muchContinue reading “Day 13 Fort Chiswell, VA”

Total miles: 48, +/- elevation 3514/3445, Total miles so far: 414. Weather mostly sunny, mid 40’s to start, low 60’s by afternoon. There are 12 maps for trip and we started with Map 12 Yorktown, VA to Christiansburg, VA. Today we changed over to Map 11 Christianburg, VA to Berea, KY. Climbs are classified byContinue reading “Day 12 Blacksburg, VA to Fort Chiswell, VA”