Day of ride 13…. perhaps the happiest/sad day of the trip. It’s my last day of riding for my first leg. Only 50 miles so that means getting to camp early and hanging out with the family. This is such a fantastic group of riders. I know they will still be fabulous in CO but […]
Day of Riding 12 takes us to Booneville, KY. It was another 70ish mile day, this time making it to a town with less people than my parents neighborhood in Texas. Our accommodations for the evening: essentially the backyard of a local church. Really nice of them to welcome cyclists on our way through town,
Time to leave Virginia!!! This is about 3 miles from the campground, and then I kept riding to see this sign…. Much better! Then, a few miles down the road, the river overlook area. I love opportunities like this. Stopping to see some beautiful parts of the country. In case you didn’t catch it, we
Leaving this beautiful church and heading to Breaks Interstate Park tonight for some camping. Only 44 miles, so we know something is up. A huge climb, that’s what’s up. This guy is the 8th great grandfather of one of our route leaders. Pretty cool. I’m writing this a day late so I’m not remembering a
Back to back 80s, what??? Today I wore my USAF jersey since we had a hella hill to climb. After the wind from yesterday, today felt like a breeeeeeeeze. Lunch was pretty awesome.. this was my double cheeseburger. delish. We just chill at our rest stops. Sometimes 20 minutes, sometimes an hour. We chill. It
Today was the HARDEST DAY EVER We had to bike 80 miles into a head wind. You’d think all those days of riding the flight line would prepare me…. nope! Our day started with breakfast sadwiches made by our boss. Pretty awesome way to start the day. Doesn’t happen every day, but when it does,
Ok, so I’m a day behind in making my blog post….. Today was a rest day and tomorrow is 80 miles! So, I’ll write a bit and then go to bed! 43 miles was supposed to be easy…. but it was rolling hills will a hell of a climb at the end of the day.
Today was crazy. My legs are still feeling the burn from yesterday but we just get on our bikes and ride. I’m feeling pretty good regardless and I’m excited for tomorrow. 45 miles to Blacksburg (our shortest day yet!) and a special stop for breakfast in the morning 🙂 Today we got up early and
Today was the day I’ve been dreading. The day we ride into the mountains. So far the toughest day of the trip. But, now that it’s done I can say that I feel confident about my cycling skills. We had some craaaaaaaaazy climbs today and the descent was the steepest part of the entire TransAmerica
