”…it’s about the journey, not the destination …”
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| …rest stop on the trip to Woodstock VA… |
The plan for this week is to stay at one motel for 3 nights and ride across the Shenandoah Valley on 1 day, and perhaps ride Skyline Drive for a while on the second day. The ride from Curtis’ house to Woodstock VA could take as little as 1 1/2 hours, or longer if you took back roads. An additional complication was the threat of heavy thunder showers beginning as early as 2pm. We wanted to ride as long as we could but be able to quickly ride to Woodstock to avoid the storms.
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| We have been carrying small foldable camping chairs to use at rest stops. |
We decided to ride west from Chantilly on US 50 until it crossed US 340. Then ride almost to Front Royal where we will take route 55 west towards Strasburg VA where we can continue west or shoot down US 11 directly to Woodstock. On the way along 11I saw a sign for Fishers Hill Civil War battlefield park. We decided to see what was there and take a little rest in the shade.
A little rest in the shade on hot and steamy summer day.
We sat in our chairs in the shade and discussed what we should do next. We decided to go the the motel, check in, and then get lunch. The sky was getting dark to the west and we really felt the threat of storms. Once we arrived at the motel by 12:15 only to find out we could’t check in until 2:30. There was an Italian restaurant within view of the motel so we went there for lunch. After a VERY liesurly lunch I got a call that our room was ready. We checked in and settled in to watch Long Way Home on Apple + tv. As we relaxed in our room we noticed that the storms had arrived. Dry and comfortable in our room we relaxed while the storm did its thing. Based on the forecast tomorrow should be a better day with less chance of rain. It all worked out.
While we relaxed in the room I colored some of the small pictures I’d brought with me.
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