No wait, that isnt right. Our trip through the Appalachian Mountains via the Blue Ridge Parkway. At least I got the Mountains part right. Tomorrow we will go from the lowest point on the BRP to the highest point on the BRP in VA. So kind of like Mt Doom, but not quite. We will meet the real Mt Doom later this week. Tomorrows climb ascends some 3400ft over 12miles at mile 60/85. We have about a 7mile ride to get to the BRP from our motel.
Heres the route for day 1
There was the ceremonial mounting of the bikes... on the car
Thus began our road trip. 4 valiant riders and 1 valiant SAG driver / rider packed with our gear and more wheelsets than Saxo Bank's tour bus.
Our drive to VA was stalled by a gnarly tractor trailer accident that deposited something large on the road. Im sure its a piece of that kids space ship from 'Flight of the Navigator'
The typical road trip shenanigans ensued, or maybe not so typical. "We never had anything like that when we were kids!" said Brent as Kevin was setting up a wireless hotspot with his smart phone. At one point there were 2 laptops, 3 phones and 1 tablet on the network. Siri may have been responsible for us missing our exit to interstate 81. And Brent was playing doctor
We arrived in Waynesboro about 8pm and got dinner at a local italian joint. Chilaxin before we headout to ride bikes like a mofo in the AM. It will indeed be, Hammer time
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