WAHOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Oy! So we finally made it somewhere, and that somewhere is about 15 miles away from Mechanicsville, VA. We went unloaded to make some distance, and that means that we made it 60 miles today with an average speed around 13.5mph. Top speeds were around 26mph, and we caught back up with Fabian, Ted, and Lisa at the hotel tonight. Found out a little more about their life stories, though it certainly isn't to the ecohouse level. The roads were mostly flat, and we travelled through a mixture of hardwood forests and midwest-esque sceneries. (The flat farms were the only thing we got pictures of.) We stopped once to get food at this kinda cute sub shop, and since my dad has forgotten a lot of important things (i.e. snacks), we got my mom to bring us gatorade and snickers at one turn in the road around 50 miles in to the ride. Traffic was increasingly heavy and will probably continue getting worse tomorrow (when we go thru Mechanicsville and Ashland).


If we get some good distance tomorrow, we'll be getting off the road at a place named Bumpass, which was apparently named for the Bumpass family. In case you were wondering, Bumpass is pronounced "bump-us."
My dad and I are both reasonably worn out, so planning 40-50miles for tomorrow. Anyhoo, I'm gonna sleep soon. Life is good.