Grigg, I just looked @ your route via googleearth, that is one fine ride! A couple years ago I was travelling that road in the springtime, route 56, and saw 20-25 bicyclists, many with a Canadian Maple Leaf on their jersey. It turns out our local newspaper had an article about the Canadian National Olympic Cycling Team doing early spring training in our beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Don't get me started on how cool Crabtree Falls are!
Safe journey to all.
Presidential command vehicle picking up shotgun rider Rich and travelling a pretty cool rural route down to the 'Bone. See y'all there!
~ Cosmo
1949 Chevy Half Ton
Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.
"...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
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