Get there only to find out that they are NOT selling any food at the Scope, as had been previously indicated. Fortunately, I’ve got a rack trunk full of granola bars.
Very slow getting out of Norfolk, not enough police to cover the route, and they wouldn’t let the traffic teams help out.
Also really, really hot until about 3 pm when a storm came through. (My second time riding in the rain!)
Major mistake on the mileage from one of the pits to lunch. As we rode out, they were telling us it was 15 miles, it was actually 22. Makes a large difference in time when you ride as slow as I do, and I was starting to think I had gotten lost after riding for a lot longer than I had calculated and still not finding this elusive lunch stop.
Was a bad day for me and cars. Had a car decide to mess with me at an intersection while I was stopped waiting for the light, pulled up next to me and jerked over at the last second - managed to hop off my bike and out of the way. Was stretching out and talking w/a woman in a 7-11 parking lot when a van drove in and decided to play the “lets see how close I can come to hitting the chick on the bike without actually hitting her” game. Fortunately, I saw that one coming and was able to rather gracefully lean myself and my bike out of the way as he cruised less than a foot away from me. After he got out of the van, the woman I was talking to went after him in a big way. And then, the sag bus ran me off into the grass not once, but TWICE. (Hey, they’re supposed to be with US!!)
Back at camp, set up the tents and then the rains came. Oh lordy, did it rain. Soggy everything. High point of my night was finding the coffee dispenser in the dining tent. :-D
At this point I was already seriously questioning my sanity and attempting to calculate the cost of a cab from Williamsburg to Burke
After getting the tent setup and getting soaked and finding coffee, went to the entrance looking for Tim - didn’t know if he’d gotten picked up or was still riding. Spent a good time talking w/ another rider who’d gotten sagged at lunch and was even on the same bus as me. He was waiting for his sister and his boyfriend. When I mentioned I was looking for my boyrfriend, he said, “Me too!”
That’s when I realized, Dorothy, you ain’t in Kansas anymore. What can I say - I’ve never done anything like this before. :)
Rain stopped for the evening, started again at 4 am, and I wondered what they would do if I just refused to come out of the tent. (Fortunately, it stopped around 5 am.)
