Miles 42.77 Total miles 367.15 Avg mileage 61.12
Max speed 33.8 Avg speed 13.9 riding time 3:01
Beautiful weather day today with clear, blue skies and temp in upper 70's. A perfect day for a great ride on some beautiful roads. Blacksburg Road from Catawba to Blacksburg is one of the picture perfect rides in Virginia with rolling hills, mountains, beautiful wild flowers and streams that made the ride go quick. We left Catawba at 9:30 and arrived in Radford at 12:45. It was a short ride today because we did not want to get to far from Blacksburg since Joey was shuttling us back to Blacksburg for the night.
Aaron joined us on the ride today. It was good to have a third rider and the company. After the ride we dropped Aaron off at his home and Kelly decided to do a 20 minute run back to her apartment.
Yesterday was a major milestone of our trip. The Adventure Cycling Association publishes cycle maps for various route across the USA. The TransAmerica Route contains 12 separate maps covering the entire trip. Yesterday, when we reached Christensburg we completed the first map. Eleven more to go, time to celebrate. Lets have a cold beer.
Scene from Blacksburg Road
Kelly, Aaron, and I departing Catawba
Wild flower along Blacksburg Road
Kelly and Aaron Traveling down Blacksburg Rd
VT cycling training route
Blacksburg Road
VT calls this the SMART bridge, it goes nowhere?
Congratulations reaching your first milestone...you guys rock!!! I would have been done after the 80 mile ride. I hope Roxie has settled down and used to the drive.
ReplyDeleteAnd, Congratulations to Joey; sorry I missed the big graduation celebration. Robert had a blast and was glad he was there to celebrate with you.
Be safe and keep having fun.
Dorothy