This morning we had Don’s Diner - Don and Cassie made us breakfast sandwiches. I rode most of the day with Caleb. We talked about relationships, about being a lawyer, about a bunch of random things. Most of our ride was on the Blue Ridge Parkway, which is beautiful and has very little traffic. I got a great shot of Rob and Zach riding along from an overlook. I still felt strong riding but it’s starting to drain me. I stopped at an old mill. We’re in the meat of the riding now. In the evening we rode into Galax and stopped off at a Dairy Bar where we bought Boston Shakes, which turned out to be a milkshake with a scoop of hard ice cream on top, and hot fudge, whipped cream and a cherry. I wanted to buy both of our milkshakes and the bill was $6.78, and I said “but I wanted to pay for both”, and it turned out that was the price of both. That’s rural areas for you. We ended the ride on the New River bike trail, which is where we’re going to spend most of the day The campground was along a river, and we went in swimming, which is one of my favorite activities. The evening was spent in some pretty serious conversation about relationships, Scotland, and the fact that the members of the Space Force are called Guardians.
