Today was my off day, so I drove the support van as the guys rode from Independent Hill to Guinea, all in VA. I made our first grocery run and stocked up on lots of high-carb food to fuel us on our journey.
The guys rode a little over 62 miles and hit a top speed of 40.3 MPH. On a bike, that's a thrill! We stayed at a fantastic KOA campground, but were all too tired to take advantage of the pool, and we didn't even look twice at the pedal-powered paddle boats! The guys were able to ride straight into the campground-no inconvenient shuttle to/from the endpoint of our ride in the evening/morning. The guys stopped along the way to pick wild berries and apples, and to visit with a guy whose apparent job (the factory at which he worked had burned down) was to sit in a lawn chair and drink beer. Sign me up. Both driving and riding, we passed lots of stuff that reminded us of home. I've never heard of a swamp in the mountains until now.
We finished the day with a couple hard climbs and then a nice downhill into the KOA, where I had spaghetti ready to eat.
After dinner, we really didn't have energy to do much more than shower, run a load of really, really smelly laundry, and crash.
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