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| Official bike path signs of the state of Virginia |
Surprisingly, it did not rain over night in Lexington. Well recovered from from yesterdays ride in the Appalachian Mountains I got up at 7AM and enjoyed a warm breakfast with scrambled eggs. I left the Motel at 8AM and 30 Minutes later it
started to rain heavily. My GPS was on alert and had kept to remind me of
potential floods on minor roads, which at the end did fortunately not occur. It turned out to literally rain ‘cats and dogs’ and the water on the road shoulders started
slowly to increase. Then, after 4 hours my rain jacket could
finally not hold off the water anymore. By 55 degrees (12 degrees Celcius) and the wet jersey I began to freeze and decided to stop and
overnight in Daleville. In addition I do not want to risk catching a cold. It was a wise decision as the severe weather turned out
to become even worse. So I enjoyed a relaxing afternoon and also took the opportunity doing some laundry. And this is 'normally' the place where you meet people - and I met Rod. We started to chat and we ended up having a nice conversation and share of expertise. Rod is a real outdoor experienced person, challenger and explorer, he will turn 75years in 4 weeks and is walking the Appalichian Trail already its fourth time - very impressive! He has been walking since February of this year and will keep going for another 7 weeks. So we should both be back home by mid June. Stay safe Rod and I hope to stay in touch.
All in all, the day's ride was an easy 50 miles along a
tranquil valley with little motor traffic. I am hoping to gain some mileage
tomorrow, however the forecast doesn’t look much different than today and it
keeps going for another day or two. Therefore my next days of riding distance will
depend on for how long I will stay dry.
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| Buchanan the gateway to the Shenandoah Valley |
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| John Deere and its tractors (for my son Ewan) |
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| An this is one for Thierry;-) |
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