day 50

22 July 2008



50 riding days, and we made it! We rode the last 59 miles, past Jamestown, through Williamsburg, and finally to Yorktown.

Benji, a friend of mine since we were tiny, was able to come down from D.C. and ride with us for the last day. I talked to him yesterday, and he said he wasn't going to be able to miss any more work. But this morning early he called and said he was on his way. It was great to have him along. This trip has been something that both of us have wanted to do for a long time. When I planned this trip, I was really torn because I knew he wouldn't be able to do it with me. So I'm really glad he could make it for the last day.

Starting in Jamestown, we got on the Colonial Parkway, which goes from there to Williamsburg and then Yorktown. It was this incredibly bumpy rock and cement road, which I'm sure the Jamestown settlers would have been very appreciative of, but was very hard to ride on :)

It feels great to have done it. I still can't believe we've ridden from the Pacific to the Atlantic. What an amazing ride it has been.