TRAIN!!!!
We made it to Ashland tonight (think Randolph-Macon). Short ride, humid day, rolling hills, and a bunch of gusty wind. It was about 40miles, and we went unloaded to get some recovery time. We're now repacking all our stuff (aka moving some things from my dad's bags to mine) so we can ride fully loaded again tomorrow. We stopped at a pretty awesome bike shop in Mechanicsville and had their main guy check out our bikes (for the cost of a postcard sometime during our trip - awesome). We started out on this awesome cool, forrested road and got to something similar a little past halfway. There were a lot of asinine drivers out today, and we did go through some heavier traffic (complete with people who decided to pass us on a blind curve with incoming traffic). Twas annoying.
There were some quotes earlier in the week that I forgot to post. The first, from a guy in colonial Williamsburg: "May all your hills be down." I have a feeling that isn't exactly gonna be happen, but he was pretty cool for saying it. The second, from my mom looking at swim goggles in the REI: "Do you think that any of these would keep bugs out of your eyes?" I have shades for just that reason, and I'm pretty sure that even though she is a swim mom, she didn't recognize the fact that they were goggles.
Tomorrow we'll be passing Patrick Henry's home, but right now we're on track to hit Charlottesville for UVA's graduation.
Things I wish we didn't have: 3 bottles of Halt (a dog repellent that scares me), a heavy stove, a ton of things that will be useful occasionally. Time to continue packing.
Also, there was ice cream... which was amazing.
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