Sunday May 1,2016 37.5 miles(60.4 km)
After a rainy night, the day started foggy. The ride was through the Jefferson National Forest with a mixture of forest land and farm land. The road followed a very nice stream with cascades and small waterfalls.
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| View Of The Countryside |
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| Beautiful Stream |
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| Cascade On Stream |
The weather soon changed to a hard rain. I continued riding until it became too hard and unsafe to continue. Fortunately I came to this beautiful log church in which I took shelter until the rain passed.
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| Laurel Valley Community Church |
Saw this mirror at end of a driveway in a steep corner, I could not resist taking a selfie.
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| Self Portrait In Mirror As Rolling By |
Saw many wildflowers again. Probably the most common wildflower I have seen on the ride is buttercups like those pictured below.
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| Buttercups |
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| Yellow Wildflowers |
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| Blue Wildflowers |
I rode through the community of Damascus, Virginia, a town which caters to hikers on the Appalachian Trail as it is a major stopping place along the trail. The town has several hostel, restaurants and a few outfitters to provide services to the hikers. I had a second breakfast while in town which was very good.
After I left town I continued riding through the Virginia countryside. I came across the old water-powered mill pictured below.
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| Old Water Driven Mill |
I spent the night camped under the picnic shelter behind the Mount Carmel Christian Church in Meadowview, Virginia. The church was having a cookout for the youth that evening and I was given dinner also.
As of this posting, you are at 490 miles in 11 days. Way to go Bruce. Hope the trike problems are mostly over now.
ReplyDeleteI love your self portrait in the mirror!
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