Monday, August 2, 2010

Richmond to Suffolk

[Saturday, July 31] After a great evening and much needed sleep we departed on our pre-victory ride to Yorktown, VA. We were so excited that we kept a 19-20mph pace for the first 50 miles along "plantation road" along the James River (route 5). When we approached Williamsburg we jumped on the Colonial Parkway and also rode through the heart of historic Williamsburg. We got back on the parkway and biked to Yorktown...the official end of the Transamerica route. But we were not finished. We went back to Williamsburg and caught the ferry to Surry county south of the James River. We had a wonderful dinner at the Surry House with Jeff's in-laws Jim and Jean Cates. From here we biked another 40 miles to downtown Suffolk and crashed at Bike West, an awesome bike shop owned by Jeff's long-time-friend Bill Williams. Bill ordered an absolutely huge pizza and we devoured it in the late evening. Today, we biked 116.5 miles!

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