Bill, Thanks so much for the pics. You will know what kind of terrain we were looking at as Jamey and I rode Saturday all over the RIchmond area and out to Orange on new roads. It absolutely amazes me to see so much rural in and around a major city. There are some folks around here who have 20 - 80 or more acre lots within 5 miles of Richmond. Of course - some of these are plantations..... but some are normal folks homes. So we attended a HOG meeting - went to a couple of Chrome Comings - whoooo baby! and after about 300 miles we stopped at Carrabas for dinner before heading home. Still working on my thoughts of my relocated tour pak and Saturday is the first day I can ever remember coming home with 0 pain in my back after a more than 200 mile day. I think I must be liking it.
Then on Sunday, as we were sipping our coffee in the hot tub, he asks me what I want to do today. I was not sure what I wanted to do per se.... but I suggested a breakfast ride - restaurant 70 miles from home. They do a great poached eggs and ham - you know the VA honey cured is my fav ... just the way we like it. So - with a destination in mind to start our day, and of course this leading us in a direction - West we headed for the Cumberland Restaurant. This lead us to Lynchburg - although we did not take a direct route there, some eye candy along the way with gorgeous vistas - this is the best time of the year to be in Virginia. Not too hot, not too cold, everything is lush and green. We meandered around the mountains till sixish or so in the afternoon and after almost 400 miles we happily settled back down into home chores.
Now I will be calling today to start setting up service appointments. When we put 700 miles on our bikes in one weekend, I guess it can't be unbelievable that we need to get our bikes serviced so much. Hope everyone is having this much fun.
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