Beautiful day for a ride, and I took one to a place named for a damn Facebook game (but not really) but the real Farmville, VA. Nice ride out there though some good country past a number of farms and a whole lot of yard sales. Farmville is around some 60 miles from Richmond and was not on a major highway (which I liked very much). Was a 70 degree day with blazing sunshine. Farmville is a college town and a very nice one...school was really fun to see, and was part of the festival going on there. You can see a car show was at the start of the festival even a plane out there.
This is a Model T; part of the car show. I have a few more photos on my photo page (and one on my Richmond and Me Page) Had a lot of cars to see and that was very neat...some were different at what I see at other such gatherings.
While there, did not eat at the Festival but rather at Macado's. Neat statue of Kramer there and really good food. I also got a kick out of the beer price...$1.50 was unique. Liked the visit to that restaurant.
Did walkabout a lot though and there were a lot of neat items to check out and for sale at the festival.
Had a real good crowd there. The event covered quite a few blocks including Longwood University which is very cool to see...looks like a nice school. There also were a lot of bands playing, and just thought it was a very fun event.
Glad I went to the festival and will for sure be heading back this time next year (weather permitting) as it was just fun.
Last weekend was a great ride, this one was also a real blast.
Got back to the Richmond area, making a short stop at Glory Days on 360 before calling it a day on the bike. Covered some 124 miles from beginning to end. On the way back looked in the mirror to see flashing blue lights and felt a police car blast past me to get a car speeding down the road. Noted all the yard sales, also neat to ride past farms (could see why they call the area Farmville). Do note that if you head out there, be sure to keep an eye on fuel...not a lot of gas stations in that area. It got a little tight on the Vulcan, but made sure to really top off before I headed back from there to Richmond. Sure put a big smile on my face...a very fine ride on May 3.
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