Archive for June 1st, 2009
Day 07 – Blacksburg, VA to Newbern, VA
Posted by Kiki | Virginia | Posted on June 1st, 2009
Monday, June 1st: Blacksburg, VA to Newbern, VA
We had a bit of a lazy day today – 3/4 of the day was spent relaxing and doing errands, the other 1/4th was spent riding 27 miles to a small town/village located off I-81 about 12 miles south of Radford, VA. The morning started with me seeing a chiropractor at 8am and having him adjust my back a bit and do some pressure point stuff and show me some more exercises and stretches to do for my neck and back. I biked back to Allison’s and the boys were just getting up (Chris was up and George was still in his sleeping bag).
Chris and I left shortly after 10 to bike to the post office so he could pick up his camera, then we went to downtown Blacksburg for him to get a hair cut and me to use the internet to post a couple photos online. Then we went to the Bike Barn in hopes of finding a new set of brake pads and Chris needed a new helmet. No luck for either. Then back to Allison’s to finish packing up and get George and then we went to this Mediterranean restaurant for lunch and I had some sort of gyro sorta thing with chicken and veggies in a pita. It was pretty yummy.
Finally, around 3:30 or so we started out on our bikes in the direction of Radford, skipping over Christiansburg completely (a little detour we made ourselves to cut off a little mileage of the ACA route). We rolled into Radford (15 miles later) and an hour or so later and found a Sonic and got some ice cream, called a Warm Showers host, but had no luck in reaching them. We then decided to continue biking another 10-12 miles or so until we would get to the next village or pass some campgrounds. We apparently passed some campgrounds, but never saw signs for them, so just kept on going in hopes of camping in a backyard again. We lucked out and are camped out behind a church in this village. We walked down the steep hill to Bojangles for dinner and then came back up, worked on bikes and are hitting the sack here now. Tomorrow we’re aiming for putting in a longer day, perhaps 70 miles or so. Let’s see what happens!
Chris' makeshift shower that he made/set-up behind the church in Newbern
Day 7 – Blacksburg, VA to Newbern, VA
Computer Stats:
27.02 miles
402.94 total miles
2:24:53 moving time
11.1 avg speed
38.5 max speed
GPS Stats:
26.5 miles
2:28 moving time
10.7 avg speed
38.1 max speed