The Two Food Groups: Saturated Fat & Caffeine

We had an early morning because we had a long day. I was out of camp at 6:30am and biked 1.5 miles to Sting-Ray’s Restaurant for breakfast 3 (not the above pictured from Royal Farms breakfast 2 (which is a heart attack in a white plastic bag).

Breakfast 3 is not pictured, but it was shared with Jeff and Lois. And following below you can plainly see us burning it off … 

… I had three breakfasts to burn off as we left Cape Charles, VA.

You know the wind? We are intimately familiar with the wind. It’s like we’re winding thru windage. There’s a good reason the Wright Brothers traveled just south of here to experiment with flight — they found statistics from the US Weather Bureau that confirmed that this area, is in general, one heck of a windy place. Gusts well over 22 mph today. Though luckily sometimes it was a tailwind.  

Some talk about biking as I imbibe yet more caffeine. I should buy shares in Celsius.

Working up an appetite for lunch in Exmore, VA. Lois and Jeff ready to get back on the route.

Oak Grove Methodist Church, est. 1870. Near Melfa, VA.

Richard insuring his Gazelle is kept busy and away from Poseidon’s “turtley” grip. Richard, he da’ man. Locustville, VA.

Winding up lunch at Mallards Sidewalk Cafe in Accomack, VA winding down and onward …

… We finally meet up with Bobby in Accomac, VA — and we are six Spinners again. Jeff admires Bobby’s Salsa Vaya.

Accomack, VA

Gargaphia Plantation site on Route 13. I peeled off from riding with Scott, Richard, and Bobby to stay at the Garden and Sea Inn in New Church, VA. 26 of my 77.5 miles were solo in the afternoon. They moved on to Trails End. Campground in Horntown, VA. We’ll all meet up again tomorrow and move north.

I’ve arrived bushed, wind-beaten, and pedal-drunk to Garden and Sea Inn Bed & Breakfast in New Church, VA.

I really don’t feel that chipper after 77.5 miles of wind-shorn riding. I’m just giddy that my legs have stopped moving in a pedaling motion.

Day 7:
Start: Cape Charles, VA
Finish: New Church, VA
Miles: 77.5

Today we’ll cross into Maryland, with Ocean City as our destination.

The dietary excellence continues unabated… Oy!

What I’m Reading:

The angels were once as plentiful
As species of flies.
The sky at dusk
Used to be thick with them.
You had to wave both arms
Just to keep them away.

— Charles Simic / “In the Library”