Monster apology to Terry Dorn for not including him in my last post, I'm a jerk. To fill you all in on who Terry is, lil foot and I like to call him our Va tour guide! We met him along our ride on Sunday on our way to Greenwood to camp out at Misty Mountain Camp Resort. Terry along with twenty other cyclists began to pass us when he decided to hang back and chat for about fifteen miles, and thank god for that time. He was great on informing us all about the rest of our journey through Virginia, where to sleep, hills/mountains to come, places to eat and so on. At the end of our ride together we parted ways and exchanged info, which for the last two days has been the smartest thing we've done! BIG THANKS TO TERRY AND HIS FELLOW RIDING BUDDIES FOR ALL THEIR HELP!
Yesterday was a huge day in many ways for lil foot and I... We reached multiple goals, 1000 miles, 40,000 feet of.elevation, first mountain range conquered and fifth day in a row without bathing! (Just kidding about the bathing part, we've been lucky and have had showers everywhere we go - so far.)
When we started off the day we were a bit nervous of the climbing to come, but as the day went on our energy grew and we made it to the top! The weather was supposed to on and off rain all morning with sum in the afternoon then rain at night, but we definitely lucked out because it was slightly cloudy and cool during the uphill, then sunny for the cruising downhill. We camped at Mallard Duck Camp Grounds about eight miles west of Vesuvius. It rained a little after we made it to the campgrounds but quickly let up and stayed dry all night! Our first night in four nights of a rain/thunderstorm free sleep!!
Today we wanted to do about 73 miles but do to lack of a place to sleep, the heat and the rain, we stopped in Troutsville for the night. (55 miles today.). The ride today started off great, we went 11 miles to do some food shopping then another 27 before stopping for lunch. By lunch the clouds were nowhere to be found and the heat was draining us, we needed to hide for an hour from the sun. When our energy was back we hopped on our bikes to ride another 17 miles to our final destination. The sun continued to kill us for about half an hour before the clouds were back and ready to make the misery continue. It rained on us for our final 6 miles making this officially the worst day weather wise. Now that we're covered and sheltered from the rain of course the sun came back out. Ugh. Tomorrow we are crossing our fingers that we actually get up when we plan and get a super early start so we can make it to our next destination before the blazing heat can hit us again. Our accommodations for the night is a city park, cover by a pavilion in Troutsville, Va... Population 400 and change. People in Va have been great, but the weather is not our friend. Haha. Looking forward to the next state for sure.
On a sad note, our fellow cyclist buddy, Max, has called it quits today, he is roughly two days behind us and faced equipment issues which were a bit pricey to repair to back to Utah for him. Goodluck Max!
I believe that is enough for now, feel free to comment on posts if there is anything more specific you'd like to know.
Sasq
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