Get you motor runnin', head out on the highway...

* tonight's post was completed, photos attached, and when publishing disappeared.  Nothing.  

About two hour's worth of work gone, and I don't have it in me to reproduce it.

Okay, here’s the gist of it:

We went off the prescribed trail today in order to save 40 miles and about 12,000 feet of climbing over 2 days. We rode route 460 in Virginia all the way from Breaks to Bluefield WV. We missed a good portion of likely a pretty ride and replaced it with an efficient ride that rode on a four lane highway. It’s not as pleasant, a bit more noisy, but with 2 lanes plus a shoulder, likely safer than many roads we’ve ridden. 

It was very hot again today, so saving miles and climbing was the right choice and likely saved our legs some agony. 

We’re headed out again tomorrow and we will take the same road to Blacksburg VA home of VA Tech. 

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1rX-tsVw7mCvMqT8UXCngwWQqUKbAaQ_r

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1k3pt4PQNgDJSFI5WJDbez9wa1ptCqaMy

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1rTu6PWvFul-9gCk9yx73-u_A49zjgVWl

Good night


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