Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Day 2 - 63 miles - 4:40 hours

Thanks y'all for staying tuned and reading on, while we are out cycling the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway for a Cause. Day 2 took us from Milepost 27 (Tye River Gap) to an Overlook of Porter Mountain, located right at Milepost 90 (near Bearwallow Gap).

Today's ride brought some new acquaintances into our lives:
First, we met Connor and Galan who were with us on the Parkway on their way from London, Ontario, down to Georgia! Now, isn't that an amazing trip?
During the remaining miles a gorgeous dog, huge red-tailed hawk, as well as a full grown dark brown deer crossed our way, which made it an extraordinary experience beyond the furious downhills and strenuous uphills amidst awestriking landscape.

For the best-of pictures of today click here

Highlight of the day was for sure the 11 mile and 3,300 ft. climb from Otter Creek and James River (the lowest point of the entire Blue Ridge Parkway) up to the highest Parkway-elevation in Virginia: right on Apple Orchard Mountain. It not only exhausted ourselves, but also our video camera's battery - which explains why the last part of our videoblog is comprised of the still pictures we took.

Enjoy the film!

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