Day 37. A Sunday ride rejuvenates. Christiansburg, VA

 9am departure and a liesurely ride to Christiansburg arriving around 5pm. Cloudy skies and comfortable temperatures most of the day today with a few sprinkles thrown in from time to time. 

 John and Edgar had agreed at dinner the night before to meet at 8am today and get a picture of their two Rivendale bikes and send to the company in Walnut Creek, CA in hopes of some publicity. Here they discuss  their bikes before the picture and probably wake up the other motel guest trying to sleep in on Sunday morning!💤  If so, that's what they get for staying at a cheap motel like we do!

 We stopped at Fort Chiswell after about 12 miles of riding. John was nice enough to get us both coffees this AM from a nearby gas station before we left the motel but no breakfast was readily available. We like to ride a bit and then stop for a break on many days.  Note the creamers organized in a decorative manner. Apparently all Denny's are supposed to do this but only our waitress took the time! We almost hated to disturb them. 

 This was a very welcome sign as we cruised through the Virginia rural landscape. Very cool for Pulaski County to welcome as well as offer support to touring cyclists. Luckily we didn't need any assistance today but I'll be keeping this photo just in case the next week through the rest of our trip in VA. 

 Really nice scenery we got the pleasure to ride through today. We took our time today including not working to hard on the bikes and taking time to stop, rest, take a picture or just chill if we found a nice spot. We are purposely trying to recover some power and energy in our legs after the tough two day ride from Hazard, KY to Damscus, VA by having some easier days while still moving east rather than taking a rest day.  We are starting to feel some results today. We'll see how the next couple of days go. 

 And this was one of those little rest stops. I gave James Gardner a call to talk logistics of our combined ride in about a week while John explored the area by the New River Trail and chatted with some day riders from our own demographic (old men!). 

 And another fun rest, taking advantage of Happy Hour at Sonic. It's not quite the same without Angela but I enjoyed introducing John to the Sonic Happy Hour in Radford. Only about 14 miles to go until we reach Christiansburg,VA. 

 And here we are, arriving into Christiansburg.

 While I was taking the photo of the Christiansburg city limits sign John practiced his new yoga move "Standing Bikes" holding my bike from the rear on the side of the road. It seemed a comfortable position for him. 

 Two "therapeutic" 24 oz. Dos Equis at the Mexican restaurant across the street from the motel. Cheers to a really nice Sunday riding day and great friends. 🍻