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.