Today our wives were kind enough to drive us a few miles north to start our ride at about mile marker 46 on the parkway. If you are new to this blog we started at the southern end of the parkway (mile marker 469) and tomorrow we will RV to Waynesboro, VA which is close to the northern end (mile marker 0).
Today we covered about 20 miles which puts our total on the Blue Ridge at just under 130 miles or about 28%. According to my bike computer we have climbed almost 26,000 feet along the way or almost the height of Mount Everest (not at one time;).
Today's ride included another deer sighting; our first encounter with a turtle crossing the road; multiple streams; an old logging rail line; a herd of friendly cows; and changing landscape as we continue to move north.
Each time I think we have seen it all, the parkway finds new ways to surprise me. Some are dramatic, like the mountain peaks of Otter, others are subtle like the grassy hillsides with cows that seem to appear out of the forest.
One of the constant delights has been stopping for lunch with my father in one breathtaking spot after another, usually with no sound other than the wind and water to compete with our conversations.
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| 8-04 Day 23 |
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