Yet again, I woke up inside the tent to hear the familiar smack of rain drops falling on tent nylon. Back asleep, wake up again…no more rain drops. Out of the tent we found another wet campground but the rain had stopped and the skies looked okay. Let’s ride!
Pre-ride gear hunt.
After a quick breakfast and the usual scrambling around to piece together all the necessary cycling clothes and gear for the ride, we set off for the Parkway again. Yep, it’s definitely a cool ride to the Parkway from our campground. Good views of the mountains, a couple good climbs, and plenty of twisting roads, all this with low traffic.
On the way to the Parkway.
Reaching the parkway we turned north for the first time. The plan was to ride until content, then turn around and come back. Once again it turned out to be a beautiful, dry day with lots of views to take in.
Nice views to the northeast.
On the way out we had a couple long downhill sections and several good climbing sections on the parkway. We were amused by tracking our elevation with the signs at the pull-offs. We stopped at one pull-off and asked a lady to take our picture.
Picture posing on the Parkway.
The ride was a good conclusion to our trip. It had all the characteristics of riding in the Boone area. Climbing, descending, twisting roads, mountain views, low traffic, other cyclists to wave at while out riding. Good times.
One of the lowest elevations of today's ride.
About four hours after departing Boone we were back in the same campsite we started at four nights ago. Only this time we were racing to setup camp before rain instead of darkness. It was pretty much a down pour as we finished setting up the canopy. After some relaxing in the truck we turned in for the night, eager to cook up a good breakfast tomorrow morning.
Note to the wise... even if in a hurry, do not stick a half
consumed Gu under your pant leg for storage while riding.
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