Ride Down South
Last Thursday I rode from Herndon down to Rte 64 West of Richmond, the trip is around 112 miles and has very little climbing (around 3700'). I really like the trip, I've ridden the course once before in 2001. Then it was in preparation for my trip across the country and was supposed to finish somewhere near the outer banks. This time, I was headed into NC and then for friday I was planning on riding down to SC.
I started out riding along Rte 28 South at 4:30am. My lights were fading, which made the ride a bit bumpier than I would have liked, but there's a wide shoulder and very little traffic. As I traveled along 28 south of Rte 66 and near where 28 hits Rte 234, I was amazed at the traffic coming in the opposite direction. The cars were stacked up for several miles. I hope that's not a daily occurence, but there were no accidents to account for the traffic. Beyond that, I eventually jumped on 15/29 South and that was flat and fast into Culpeper. It was an absolutely beautiful day for a ride. From Culpeper, I jumped on 522 South and stayed on that all the way down to Rte 64.
