Mmm, hotel rooms. Today I woke up in Catawba, a bit disheveled and stinky, and the plan was to ride about 20 miles to Blacksburg and visit the ancestral home of Bike the US for MS, then 30 miles back to Roanoke. But got about 2 miles into that plan and realized “hey, this is a bad idea”. I’m not used to riding while carrying all of my stuff, and the Virginia hills around here are really steep and hard to ride. I was worried about my bike, too - I have electronic shifters, and I forgot my damn charger!! Which means if the battery dies I can’t shift, and when you’re in the hills, that’s a death sentence. So I got a room at the Holiday Inn with a hot tub, and I lived the life of luxury - free printer, laundry machines, clean room, air conditioning. It was pretty great. I pretty much just sat around, got over some of my jet lag, and played video games. Haven’t really had a day off like that in quite a while. Ate at some local Virginia diner; had the chicken wings, they were pretty tasty. Just that kind of day.
