At Home in Virginia

Day 6 (June 14th)
35.8 miles

(311.6 miles total)
Last night after climbing 3000 feet over and over again through the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, we were exhausted. However, we decided to keep on pedaling to make the most out of the day and the sunlight. As the sun started to set we realized it would be a good idea in the future to find a place to stay before we got tired... but thankfully we got lucky and didn't have to camp out on the side of the road in a place where we knew nobody. As we were trying to make it to the gas station to ask about camping on their lawn a kind lady named Marilyn drove by and asked us if we needed a place to stay. And yes... we did. So, after washing up in the creek we camped out on her beautiful lawn and hung out with the dog and the lightning bugs to make it a magical night. She gave us some ice for Maya's knee which had started hurting in the mountains yesterday. And today, she offered us breakfast and the oppurtunity to stay another night if we so wished, chile verde included!. It is now almost 1pm and we are thinking about continuing on our way despite the tempting offer to stay. We plan to meet up with Adam and Norm on Friday and are extremely excited about it!

-Rose


Day 5 (June 13th)
71.1 miles
Stayed at the cookie ladies house:
http://www.biketouring.net/rides/xcountry/curry.html

Day 4 (June 12th)
59 miles

Day 3 (June 11th)
55.0 miles

Day 2 (June 10th)
73 miles
Stayed on the lawn of a Church by Lake Anna

Day 1 (June 9th)
53.5 miles
Started off from Yorktown Virginia and made it to some field in the middle of the woods.... great start