From bike tourists to tourists with bikes
25 April - Tappahannock-Williamsburg; sunny, near 80. 8:00-3:50, 64.5 miles (+9.8 mile w/o panniers)
One more hot day before tomorrow's predicted cooldown. The morning found us rolling down a relentlessly rural stretch of US17, over twenty miles with nothing but farm houses and forests. The traffic was blessedly light - at one point I could see for over a half-mile of the 4-lane road, with nothing on it but Tim.
This evening we switched gears into tourism mode. After getting our motel, we dropped our panniers and cycled to Colonial Williamsburg. This area, restored to its appearance when the city hosted the colonial government, is quite a tourist draw with shops, old buildings, horse-drawn carriages, and people in period dress. We wandered through town, then had dinner at an (expensive) out-door restaurant while a cute violinist wandered about, serenading the patrons.
One more hot day before tomorrow's predicted cooldown. The morning found us rolling down a relentlessly rural stretch of US17, over twenty miles with nothing but farm houses and forests. The traffic was blessedly light - at one point I could see for over a half-mile of the 4-lane road, with nothing on it but Tim.
This evening we switched gears into tourism mode. After getting our motel, we dropped our panniers and cycled to Colonial Williamsburg. This area, restored to its appearance when the city hosted the colonial government, is quite a tourist draw with shops, old buildings, horse-drawn carriages, and people in period dress. We wandered through town, then had dinner at an (expensive) out-door restaurant while a cute violinist wandered about, serenading the patrons.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home