Virginia Appalachia

Yesterday I chose not to ride because I had a bad cough that has been keeping me (and everyone else) awake for several nights.  I thought a day of rest might do me good..  It was probably just as well as Dana called to be picked up about 40 miles into the ride as the roads were just too dangerous.   This is the second day in a row that there was a need to be picked up because the roads were too dangerous.  The TransAmerica route that we are following was developed about 35 years ago; somebody probably needs to take another look at the riding conditions on some parts of the route.  We stayed in Abingdon, VA last night. 

Today we had a perfect ride - little traffic, decent roads, and beautiful scenery.  We crossed the Appalachian trail at one point and will be paralleling it in a few days.

The changing leaves have been getting more colorful everyday.  It's too bad that for some reason the red and orange colors don't show up in the pictures, but this was taken on today's ride: