Matt and I are approximately 220 miles into our journey. Above is a picture of us overlooking the Thomas Jefferson Vineyard. In front of us are the grape vineyards and in the distance to the right are the mountains we rode up in a few hours to get to Monticello (For those of you amateurs look at the back of a nickel). Today went very well, we are feeling good considering the mileage we have covered in the past 3 days. Our butts hurts a little, our legs are a little sore, but our spirits are high (Helped in part by the Mexican Restaurant we found in Charlottsville, VA and their jumbo margaritas). Tomorrow we will begin climbing to the top of the Appalachian Mountains. We will climb 5,000 ft in elevation. This will be the steepest climb of the entire cross country trek as we'll as the steepest longest descent or the route. Today we descended at nearly 40 mph so tomorrow should be even dicier.
Bumpass, VAWe are so mature...after 4 hours on a bike we about lost it when we went through this little town. This is our tribute to that old Aerosmith album cover for Pump.
Sounds like you guys are off to a great start. 40 mph downhill...be careful, fully loaded with not very good maneuverability, if you go down, your trip may be over.
ReplyDeleteLooking good guys - I still can't believe you're really doing this! And I like the chilling on the boat - veeery nice. :) - Joyell (from the paper)
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! WOW! we are following you two here and on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteWe may miss you'all in Berea, KY (Donni has the green light to road ride!), and if i counted the days right, we will be starting GOBA.
we continue to cheer you two on.