It was foggy this morning, but I decided to head out. The road was not too busy, so I would pull off the road each time a car approached from behind. In doing so, it gave me time to clean the water off my glasses. As I have mentioned before, riding your bicycle in a heavy fog causes your glasses to collect beads of water until you cannot see very well. Water was also dripping from my helmet and rear view mirror. In about an hour the fog lifted above the roadway which resulted in a much better ride. Again today, the ride included routes through the countryside with lots of gradual downhill grades through wooded land. The elevation is now about 325 feet above sea level. We are just two days from the ocean and plan to dip the front tire in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday! Wow!
Since leaving Astoria, Oregon on June 5th, the total miles to date on the bicycle is 4,370. There is about 100 miles to go. You may wonder why the total miles to date is greater than the miles ACA quotes for the entire TransAm ride of 4,250. Well, the answer is that I had to take some detours along the way due to construction, a couple wrong turns, plus I would normally ride off route to the campground location each day. So, these extra miles have added up a bit.
Today we are staying at a KOA Campground which is very nice. It has a nice camp store, very tidy sites, clean restrooms and showers. We can catchup on laundry duties. What is the chance of running into someone you knew in Lima, Ohio but now they live in Ashland, Virginia? Well, apparently it i a pretty good odds. Jeff and Vickie Parent once were members at our home church in Lima,but now they live here in Virginia. He is retired but works as a handyman at the KOA and she works as a nurse at a local hospital. What a small world!
So, tomorrow we will be at a State Park between Charles City and Williamsburg, VA which I doubt will have internet connection. Thursday is the end of the TransAm Bicycle Trip in Yorktown, Virginia! Therefore, the blog may not get updated until we return home on Friday/Saturday.
Fog is still hovering over Anna Lake
Not sure how to pronounce Bumpass, VA, but I don't think it is a good choice for a town name.
Logging operation along the route.
Amtrak stops right in Ashland, VA with possible destinations like, Washington DC, New York City, Boston and the like.
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