Yorktown, VA to 4 miles SE of Ashland - 94.9 miles (94.9 total)
Story [in numbers]:
time on bike: 8:19:40
average speed: 11.3
max speed: 28.6 mph
Story [in words]
today was an all around great first day. the weather was great as we arrived at a little after 7 at the water front to begin our journey. we got the bikes assembled, got the gear all loaded, did our ceremonial tire dip (above), and then we were off on our journey.
the route started on a beautiful section of road, that included many colonial types of locations including yorktown, williamsburg, and jamestown. and as we came into jamestown, we picked up an amazing bike path (probably the best i have ever seen) and were able to ride that for a solid 5 miles or more.
we then rode on SR 5 for a while before coming upon another really nice bike path that we probably rode for another 10 miles or more. both paths were a nice way to kind of easy into the first official day of riding.
we got to see my parents twice more during the day. the first time because they just wanted to catch up with us and see us. and then the second time because cailyn seems to be having some trouble with sun poisoning, and so she is getting terrible rashes on her legs. so my parents went into richmond to get cailyn some knickers that will cover past her legs and hopefully help with the rashes. it was fun to be able to meet up with them a couple of times yesterday.
the one real negative is that i think that we probably tried to push ourselves a little too hard for day one. we were both incredibly spent by the time we got to the camp ground and both of us had a tough time eating because we were just so exhausted. it was great to be able to knock off so many miles on the first day, but maybe not the best decision, i don't know.
we did get to see some amazing pieces of history and of God's creation. in some senses, it is really tough to take in everything that you see in a day. there is just so much that you see in any given day.
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