We arrived at Pikeville via rental car and are wondering what we have gotten ourselves into. Needless to say we have lots of climbing tomorrow. Joe tells me it is not 5,000 feet but closer to 10,000 feet of climbing over 76 miles. If we have a blog tomorrow you will know that we made it to Wise, VA. Otherwise...
Being a city and college town we expected to have a choice of restaurants for dinner. The hotel desk clerk responded to our inquiry about places to eat with "there is only ONE place to eat within walking distance of the hotel. While the food was adequate, the beer was cold.
After getting back to our room we started to reflect on the tomorrow's cycling. Beer is good for putting you in a reflective mood. Since we drove over some of the same roads that we need to cycle we were getting nervous and decided to look for an alternative route to Wise. We found a route that was 30 miles shorter so we opted for it and decided to forgo seeing Breaks park again. We camped there when we crossed the United States in 2002 and decided fond memories were just fine.
Getting ready ... Some Photos
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Of course, the perspective to spend already the first afternoon of a bike trip, bored and with just a cold beer, after a ridiculous warm-up ride of less than 75 miles and 10'000 feet is not what Joe needs to be pushed in an enthusiastic mood.
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