This morning we woke up in the cabin and started preparing to set off. The day was looking very nice and the weather was promising. We checked out, left the campground and spent the day on sweet back roads and fun rolling hills with nice scenery. The sky was really blue with a few cute fluffy clouds and the trees seemed so much greener than usual since we've seen so little nice weather. About 20 miles into the ride we stopped at a small grocery store in the middle of nowhere and bought some more food including bread, ham and cheese for lunchtime sandwiches. We sat outside eating and that grocery store was surprisingly busy for being in the middle of nowhere. All of Virginia seemed to be flooded; when we were biking, there was one section where the road was flooded with inches of water. When we biked through, all the water splashed into our shoes. All the riverbanks were flooded, and woods had turned into swamps with two feet of standing water. We continued biking and stopped at a church around 2:00 for a quick break to give my numb foot a rest. A cute old man was staking a horned goat out in a grassy area - a natural lawn mower! We eventually started biking again and came to a small grocery store. We stopped for cold drinks and ice cream and the store owner was especially fond of bikers. He was very nice and gave us water and had a logbook of bikers that he asked us to sign. We stayed for a bit and then wandered off on our way...and five miles later, Tim realized he had left his camelback behind. We found a shady place for me to wait and write while he went back to claim his forgotten camelback.
When he returned, we set off again and camp to the campground we had planned to spend the night at, only to discover it was a firehall that regularily houses cyclists! The first fireman we met was very nice and showed us to the room where we could stay. He also said we could use the showers, kitchen, refrigerator, TV, and laundry machines!! I was really happy to do some free laundry because all of our clothes had been damped and confined and as a result, they were disgusting and smelly. We took a trip to a local ice cream store and then returned to shower and do laundry. Now we are waiting until we can move everything into the dryer so we can go to bed.
Time with Tim:
GORGEOUS! After sick rain, it was all sunny and nice. We set off in higher spirits. We are in Boondocks, VA, but it is empty and pretty. Empty is good because there is no traffic. A good day of riding. I left my camelback in a store and realized it 4.5 miles later. Then I rode back and got it. While waiting for my dinner pizza, I was examining the scratch of lottery cards. Whats kinda messed up is that you have a 1:408000 chance of winning a tax-free million dollars on a 20 dollar ticket. You only have a 1:507000 chance of winning 15k on a 5 dollar ticket. Who in their right mind would even go for the 15k when you only get something around 6k after taxes? I almost bought one because so far in life I'm about $7 ahead on scratch-off lottery cards. I refrained because if I won nothing, I'd be down $13 dollars. I guess I need to just suck it up and hope to win big, or never play again. Sleeping inside at another fire station with really nice people. They gave us an air conditioned room with free laundry, showers, and TV! Better than a motel. Firefighters rock. I should be one; they said it's only three classes, at 6 weeks and 2 nights a week. Anyway, go Mineral, VA Volunteer Fire Department!
When he returned, we set off again and camp to the campground we had planned to spend the night at, only to discover it was a firehall that regularily houses cyclists! The first fireman we met was very nice and showed us to the room where we could stay. He also said we could use the showers, kitchen, refrigerator, TV, and laundry machines!! I was really happy to do some free laundry because all of our clothes had been damped and confined and as a result, they were disgusting and smelly. We took a trip to a local ice cream store and then returned to shower and do laundry. Now we are waiting until we can move everything into the dryer so we can go to bed.
Time with Tim:
GORGEOUS! After sick rain, it was all sunny and nice. We set off in higher spirits. We are in Boondocks, VA, but it is empty and pretty. Empty is good because there is no traffic. A good day of riding. I left my camelback in a store and realized it 4.5 miles later. Then I rode back and got it. While waiting for my dinner pizza, I was examining the scratch of lottery cards. Whats kinda messed up is that you have a 1:408000 chance of winning a tax-free million dollars on a 20 dollar ticket. You only have a 1:507000 chance of winning 15k on a 5 dollar ticket. Who in their right mind would even go for the 15k when you only get something around 6k after taxes? I almost bought one because so far in life I'm about $7 ahead on scratch-off lottery cards. I refrained because if I won nothing, I'd be down $13 dollars. I guess I need to just suck it up and hope to win big, or never play again. Sleeping inside at another fire station with really nice people. They gave us an air conditioned room with free laundry, showers, and TV! Better than a motel. Firefighters rock. I should be one; they said it's only three classes, at 6 weeks and 2 nights a week. Anyway, go Mineral, VA Volunteer Fire Department!
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