Just as day 3 ended with a rainstorm, day 4 began with dense fog and rain. I hung around Little Switzerland until 10am hoping that the fog would clear enough to ride but finally gave up and drove to Asheville.
ON my way I stopped at the NC museum of minerals
I parked at the Folk [...]
Today began with a trip over to the Linn Cove Viaduct and a black bear sighting as I drove to my first stopping point. Unfortunately I was not fast enough with the camera to get a pic of the bear. I parked at the Linn Cove Viaduct center and headed back down [...]
Day 2 began with a ride north from the Cabin at MP 257. There is little that I like more than riding from the cabin and it has been nice to have that as my home base for the first two days.
My first stop was at Doughton park about 17 miles north.
The ride out to [...]
On Sunday I began my round trip Blue Ridge ride. I decided to do the BR in North Carolina only as that allowed me to shuttle myself around in my car (yes there is nothing sadder than a cyclist providing their own sag support).
I got a late start due to an impropmtu golf game with [...]
On July 18th I decided to head out for a run on the BRP towards Doughton Park. I had always wanteed to run from the Cabin at MP 257 to Doughton Park but had never had the offer of a ride home! With Jeff willing to serve as run support I headed out [...]
For the last four days I have been in Nashville at the Peabody Library Leadership Institute led by Patricia Brevik and Sharon Weiner. The institute has been very informative and, although there are lots of ideas rattling around I thought I would take my hour of internet access to jot down just a [...]