After a deserved day off we were back on the road and on towards Damascus, VA. This also meant going through George Washington and Jefferson National Forests and alongside Mount Rogers. The tallest peak in Virginia. But before getting there we had to cross Interstate 81 about 5 times. We did dodge some rainshowers.
The night was spent in a bunkhouse behind a church. When we arrived there was a guy named Dave staying and Julie. Dave was the community handyman and Julie was an east bound solo cyclist who started in Santa Monica in California and rode the Route 66 trail until Kansas then hopped onto the TransAmerican Route.
Today’s stats: total mileage 77.2 miles, average speed 11.2 mph, elevation gain 5791 feet, elevation descent 4633 feet, max speed 38.6 mph.