Leftovers from yesterday.
Jack wins the Good Samaritan award of the day for yesterday. On the way into Lexington, Jerry spotted Jack
helping a little old lday. He was pushing
his bike and carrying her groceries. He
thought at one point he may have to carry her too. Probably Stonewall Jackson’s wife. Jack also saw a shepherd. An honest to god shepherd with the turbine
and leading sheep across a pasture. I
think Jack may be hallucinating.
We have had bad luck with campgrounds. Now it could be that we turn in about 8-8:30
each night. But we seem to have noise every
time we camp. Last night it was a party at the campground followed by dogs barking
endlessly into the night. Then thunder
and lightning started but I guess the rain gods were smiling on us because the
rain never did appear.
We all got off between 6 and 6:30 to attack the last
mountain. On the way toward Vesuvius,
the daily mailbox winner appeared. A
beautiful brick pillared mailbox with a huge concrete turkey on top. One thing missing, no house. It sat next to a creek and we looked around
and saw no evidence of a residence. Also
on the way, you know how we have talked about the dawgs. Well, this German shepherd suddenly appeared
next to me. And he ran with me for about
3 miles. Just accompanying me along the
road. Kind of strange. He’d sprint ahead, stop at a tree, catch up
to me, stop for a poop, and catch up again.
He moved at a good clip. Lost him on a downhill.
The mountain was much ado about nothing. Not nearly as bad as we anticipated. Jack and Jerry didn’t even stop on the way
up. I stopped twice. Even used my granny
gear. I guess I get the pink tutu. I just felt, why kill myself. After the “climb”, we went along the Blue
Ridge Parkway. Very nice. Highly recommend riding along this road in a
car or on a bike. Great scenery if you
like mountains. We could even see the
ultimate, flat land below. We went
through Reeds gap, Rockfish Gap, and then into Afton which was our tentative destination. Well, we got there about 10:30 and Afton was
no more than a post office. We decided
to head for Charlottesville. We went through Greenwood and White Hall. Jack stopped for a fresh peach. Hard as a rock. Jack was not happy. But he was happier before when we stopped at
the Rockfish Gap Country Store.
Popcorn. Jack was in hog
heaven. Jerry and I got coffee that came
out of a one cup dispenser. Not the same
or as good as gas station coffee.
After a lot of confusion, we ended up in a Red Roof Inn
for lack of a place to stay.
Charlottesville is the home of the University of Virginia. I didn’t realize that until we entered the
city. Looks like the college is the
entire town.
Tomorrow, we head out hoping to be able to finish the
trip in two days. We are on flat land!!
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