June 2010Blue Ridge

June 2010: a week of group bike-camping through the Virginia mountains, finishing with a climb up onto the Blue Ridge Parkway. John, Bill, and I rode loaded.

Bear Country
Bear Country
John has a mishap trying to light his stove. The grass caught fire, and we didn't use his stove the rest of the trip.
John has a mishap trying to light his stove. The grass caught fire, and we didn't use his stove the rest of the trip.
I really have no idea.
I really have no idea.
Bill the Magnificent
Bill the Magnificent
Kim saved us by trucking us back up to the parkway after we biked down into Waynesboro.
Kim saved us by trucking us back up to the parkway after we biked down into Waynesboro.
side
side
Starting the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Starting the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The end of the beginning.
The end of the beginning.
Our bags after being tossed from Kim's truck.
Our bags after being tossed from Kim's truck.
Fierce resolve.
Fierce resolve.
Unhappy Bill.
Unhappy Bill.