Virginia wild flowers

Virginias wild flowers

Virginia wild flowers

Scenes from the ride from troutville to Lexington Virginia today

Purgatory mountain

Scenes from todays ride

Stonewalled Jackson lived in Lexington and is buried there.

Lexington Virginia

Riding early towards vesuvious

Strange long necked sheep lama things

Who needs gas to drive when you can cycle across America on jelly beans lol!

I found sherbert lollies like I had as a kid!

Riding along the blue ridge mountains of Virginia! Today was a day of Long steep climbs as I ride up vesuvios mountain and up along the crest of the blue ridge mountains. The climbs were tough but I got up them pretty quick...must have list at least a litre of sweat though...tmi? Oh ok..lol!
The views from the ridge were wonderful...both west down into the shenendoah valley and east.
I stopped more than usual to tAke Pictures and also gasping for water at the top and had a chat with a roadie riding the same climbs today.
Or was then I noticed my computer has tripped over the 4000 mile mark for this ride.
The downhills were steep fast and full of sharp bends...great fun!
I stopped at a peach farm and had cool necterenes picked locally ans peach milkshake...then decided to head for charlottesville...but it was getting way to humid and hot and is already done about 50 miles over and along the mountains and the blue ridge parkway. I found a small store in Whitehall and was told I could camp for free at the community centre. I had soup with veg and pasta and beef and a tub of strawberry icecream and two iced teas.
The day conconcluded with a lovely sunset ...behind the mountains I had just ridden over. I looked back west as the sunset and said to myself...I've ridden 4000+ miles to get here...almost there mate.

...oh man some hillbilly at the campsite just blew up his campfire by throwing a tin of hairspray onto it.....begs the question what a chainsaw wealding gun shootin good ole country boy is doing with hairspray I guess !

Views from the blue ridge parkway down into the shenendoah valley.

Breakfast was taken at gertrudes place...here the walls and ceilings are covered with bikers and hikers names...mine now included.

At the top of vesuvuous I took a short rest to dry off after the climb and watched this little guy . Butterflies are everywhere here and they often fly at me as I ride.

Shots from todays ride up vesuvuous and along the blue ridge parkway in Virginia.

Shinto with the shenendoah valley behind

Looking east from the blue ridge parkway

I've ridden 4000 miles so far!

Where I am camped tonight at Whitehall community centre VirginiA.

Freshly picked peaches from the farm along the route...on a hot day...just the job!

Sunset behind the blue ridge mountains of Virginia tonight. Looking west ..after 4000 miles so far...

This flag was outside a shop with a vineyard around the back.

Peacefull Virginia from my tent tonight

Looking at my shirt I notice my tax disc.ran out yesterday lol!