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Day 43

The Blue Ridge Parkway was scenic, but boy was it steep.


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Blog: A Salty Goodbye
Date: July 4th 2005

When we last wrote, we were ahead of schedule and had only 600 miles to ride to the Virginia coastline. After the Appalachians were going to be home free. We had only one more state ahead of us and a reasonable riding schedule planned…Suddenly the Atlantic felt just too close for comfort- the reality of finishing the trip and acting like adults loomed. So, we balked. Instead, we blazed a q ... read more




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Forest Baker and Annie Kallus
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