The plan today was initially to ride to Christianburg, VA and then take a rest day the following day. But that morning before we left Greg wanted to continue onto Radford, another 15 miles beyond Christianburg to have some changes made to his bike. The changes are to make it easier for Greg to get up and over the hills. So we made plans to go that far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day started with overcast skies, then light rain, then overcast, then hard rain, then beautiful blue sky, then overcast, and finally a torrential downpour right before we ended the day. The roads were great. Some places had few cars and when there were cars the shoulders were 3 to 4 feet wide. We experienced it all that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far there are not too many ailments. Yes we have sore butts, aching muscles, and some fatigue but a day off is needed. On this day we finished the first of 12 section maps for the TransAmerican bike route. Not bad. Six days of riding and covering 345 miles with a crossing of the Blueridge Mountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s stats: total mileage 60.9 miles, total elevation gain 4816 feet, descent 4091 feet, max speed 36.2 mph; average speed 11.8 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n