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August 4, 2014 · 4:00 pm

Journeys in Space: An Excellent Motorcycle Adventure! Day 36!

An Excellent Motorcycle Adventure! Day 36!

Zoom! Zoom! Checking off the states: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania...

Zoom! Zoom! Checking off the states: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania…

More time in Purgatory trying to find the Interstate!
A nice lunch in Martinsville at the Blue White Grill…
Zoom! Zoom! “Checking the boxes” for States Visited: 23 miles in West Virginia, 11 miles in Maryland… a couple of cheap states…
US Route 30 through Gettysburg, York, and on to Lancaster PA

Summary:
Date: July 28, 2014
Departure Location: 2815 Candler’s Mountain Road, Lynchburg VA
Arrival Location: 300 Harrisburg Avenue, Lancaster PA
Total Miles: 324 miles
Total travel time: 7:17 hours
Total miles/total travel time: 44 mph
Number of States: 4 (Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania)
Number of Watersheds: 3 (James River, Potomac River, Susquehanna River)
Stops: 3 (Natural Bridge VA (discuss route, reconnoiter), Mount Sidney VA (leg stretch), Martinsburg WV (gas, lunch)
Weather: Sunny, AM; Sunny, threat of showers PM
Temperature: 7:00 AM (Lynchburg VA) 68 ͦ F, 12:00 Noon (Martinsburg WV) 84 ͦ F, 7:00 PM (Lancaster PA) 82 ͦ F
Lodging: Lancaster Arts Hotel, Lancaster PA
Restaurants: Blue White Grill (lunch), Martinsburg WV; John J. Jeffries (dinner), Lancaster, PA

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August 4, 2014 · 8:00 am

Journeys in Space: An Excellent Motorcycle Adventure! Day 35!

An Excellent Motorcycle Adventure! Day 35!

A sublime trip through the Blue Ridge mountains, but is a demonstration of the principle of "conservation of misery" we pay for it at the end of the day with a trip to the purgatory of Lynchburg VA.

A sublime trip through the Blue Ridge mountains, but in a demonstration of the principle of “conservation of misery” we pay for it at the end of the day with a trip to the purgatory of Lynchburg VA.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is… Sublime!
A quick return to Purgatory on the road to Lynchburg VA…
Downtown Lynchburg VA is a hoax! It’s like Twin Falls ID, there’s no “there” there!

Summary:
Date: July 27, 2014
Departure Location: Tunnel Road Asheville NC
Arrival Location: 2815 Candler’s Moutain Road
Total Miles: 337 miles
Total travel time: 10:24 hours
Total miles/total travel time: 32 mph
Number of States: 2 (North Carolina, Virginia)
Number of Watersheds: 4 (Santee River, Mississippi River – Ohio Division, Roanoke River, James River)
Stops: 2 (Blowing Rock NC (lunch, gas), Fancy Gap NC (cold drinks, leg stretch)
Weather: Sunny, AM; Sunny, threat of showers PM
Temperature: 7:00 AM (Ashville NC) 63 ͦ F, 12:00 Noon (Blowing Rock NC) 86 ͦ F, 7:00 PM (Lynchburg VA, NC) 83 ͦ F
Lodging: Best Western Inn of Lynchburg, Lynchburg VA
Restaurants: Foggy Rock Eatery & Pub (lunch), Blowing Rock NC; Cockerham Food Mart, (cold drink, gas) Fancy Gap VA, Little Caesar’s, Arby’s (take-out dinner), Lynchburg VA

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