We made it to Abbeville! Thanks for all the prayers for speed as we pushed it hard this week to make it in time for a wedding. We arrived safely in Abbeville on Thursday afternoon around 4:30 p.m. Our trip from Nashville should have been about 390 miles, but alas, our Alabama map failed us...
You’ve heard of the Dr. Seuss book, “Oh the Places You’ll Go!” Well, we’ve about decided that with all the places you go, there should be an “Oh, the People You’ll Meet in the Places You’ll Go!” This has definitely been one of the most interesting elements of our travels. On Saturday morning we took...
It’s hard to believe we’re already in Nashville, so close to wrapping up the first leg of our journey. It has been lovely fall weather, but we’ve had a tough headwind for the past couple of days on the road. We were SO excited to have our first official co-riders of our trip join us...
Our time at Fall Creek Falls State Park was really almost just like a long weekend camping trip. Maybe that’s what made it so great. Most of our camping is not much like a camping trip, but more of a vagabond lifestyle. Staying at Fall Creek Falls for a few days was almost like a...
We continued to climb through southern Virginia and passed through North Carolina for a couple of days before we made it into Tennessee. We had planned on being on the Blue Ridge Parkway for a day longer than we were because of a detour that set us eight miles off course. Of course, these kinds...
The last week has been mostly uphill… and our mileage has reflected it! We’ve had slower days, putting in fewer miles in this mountainous region of Virginia. But the scenery has been beautiful! We’ve done two days on the Blue Ridge Parkway (with a few days off in between), with more to come. It’s also...
