It was another great day. The weather today was warmer. which was very nice. I left the motel before 9AM, planning to ride the 13 miles to the toll booth at the Bay Bridge Tunnel, where we would then load my bike on the car for the ride across the water. Shortly before I got there, Jeanna called and said she was running a little late and that she was also getting low on gas. I was just then riding past a Sunoco Station and told her to meet me there, and I would perform my husbandly duty and fill the car with gas (I've been filling Jeanna's cars for 49+ years). While at the gas station we decided to go ahead and load the bike, so technically I got about a mile 'bump', but hey, who's counting :-).
Riding thru Virginia Beach. I had the bus / bike lane all to myself on this Sunday morning.
Once on the DELMARVA Peninsula, we stopped at the visitor Center to unload the bike. While doing this we met Linda & Eric who are also tandem riders. They live full time in their RV and have their Co-Motion Equator tandem in the back of the pick-up. During our talk, we discovered that we have several friends in common. They spend their winters in Webster, FL, which is not far from us, so we made plans to get together this fall for a tandem ride.
I generally post photos in the order that I take them, but today I'm going to group the crops I saw together, no matter where along the route I encountered them.
Before we left the Visitors Center, we made plans to meet for lunch about 12 miles up the road. Jeanna took the direct route, I took the back roads route. After lunch, Jeanna went on to the motel, while I checked out Cape Charles and more of the countryside.
I did not see what rail line this car was from, but I saw another one with the same color scheme a short while later. I know it's not an excursion train because all the tracks to Cape Charles have been torn out.
I passed this year which was full of chickens and turkeys. I don't know what kept them in the yard, because the yard was not fenced. They all just ignored me when I stopped to take their picture.
Jeanna & Kerry SmithTo Curt & Helene ReedSo far, we're both enjoying this system. Kerry is having fun riding unloaded and I am finding pleasant places to walk to get my 10,000 steps a day. We meet for lunch every day and sometimes at other stops along the way. Life is good! Reply to this comment 11 months ago
