Roanoke

Yesterday we were disappointed that we did not get a good downhill ride into Floyd. Today, we were glad that we did not have that downhill and could easily get onto the Blue Ridge Parkway to head 50 miles north to Roanoke. The Parkway is scenic with minimal traffic and no commercial vehicles. We cycled lots of rolling hills and generally climbed until we got near Roanoke. The Parkway has many scenic overlooks but our most exciting thing to see were 2 black bears crossing the highway not more than 25 feet in front of us. Once again that old saying comes true: “where is the camera when you really need it.” That’s correct we have no pictures of the bears to share. In fact I don’t think that we took any pictures today.

About 8 miles from where we were to get off the Parkway, the down hill from heaven started. We cruised down at 25-35 mph. After getting off the Parkway we experienced about a half mile of very heavy traffic before getting on some city streets for our trip across town to our hotel. Later in the day our friend Jenny, who was part of a 2002 trip across the United States, picked us up and took us to her home for dinner. Andrew, her husband grilled for us and their children Jessica and Xander entertained us most of the evening. It was great to catch up and remember some of our TransAm cycling journey. Our wonderful trip ended with a wonderful time with them. Tomorrow we pick up our rental car and head home.

No Photos Today ;-(

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