Sunday, August 9, 2009

Alaska Day 43



It was another beautiful day for a ride.  We started in Shamokin Pa this morning and headed out for Hampton Roads.  We took Route 15 to Harrisburg and then I-81 to Winchester.  Route 15 in Virginia used to be country and beautiful but it is all developed and slow moving now.  From Winchester we took route 17 home.  As we neared Fredericksburg Virginia reality started to set in as traffic to get onto I-95 for the short 7 mile run was backed up.  Then after getting onto I-95 it was a little slow.  We stopped at Cracker Barrel to load up our personnel engines for the trip home.  We made a final stop as a group at Short lane for a group Ice cream before we split out for home.  It was a great trip for all of us and I hope to be able to go again someday.  We all look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting tomorrow night.  I put a total of 13,845 miles on my bike over the 43 day trip, 22 States and 7 provinces/territories.  Today covered 366 miles