Today we crossed into our final state, Virginia. We are getting close to Virginia Beach and will be there on 5/31 if we have no weather or other set backs.
Our morning started like most mornings with breakfast at 7:30am and leisurely loading the car with our bags. Since Pikeville is home to the McCoy and Hatfield feud during the Civil War and there was a museum in town we had to look it up before heading out of town. We rode around town blindly looking for it. Carol found us and said we went the wrong way so we back tracked and finally asked an officer of the peace where it might be. We were a half block off and quickly found the museum and just as quickly found it was closed on Mondays.
Back on the bikes we left town heading to Grundy, VA.We let GPS try to get us out of town, but it sent us down a wrong street. Rather than ride all the way back we lifted our bicycles over some rails causing me to tweak my quadriceps muscle. It hurt all day but did not hender me too much. The ride was a 44 mile hilly ride to the east, and passed through Elkhorn City where a member of the city council stopped us and took our picture. The city allows camping at the city hall for cyclist. We also rode through Breaks Interstate Park. Breaks Interstate Park is a beautiful recreational park filled with water rafting, camping, and family outing opportunities.
Arriving in Grundy we were surprised by Carol and Carroll dear friends of Sharon and Mark. They have been touring around the country for the past couple months and secretly worked it out to meet up with us. We all went to dinner and had a great time talking of our travels. I can't think of a better way to end the day.
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| Breaks park overlook |
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| Breaks Park overlook |
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| Publik elk art in Elkhorn |
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| Some pizza and a shake in Elkhorn |
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| The 3 of us with Carol and Caroll |
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