Turned out to be a good day for a ride. Sure was hot and humid, but one of those rare days when it felt good riding...was not that "hot air" feeling. Headed up VA60 (aka "The Midlothian Turnpike"). Did make a stop at Ultimate Cycle, which moved from close to my apartment (relatively) to much further away (some 21 miles to be exact). Nice dealership though not real impressed with the service department. Took them three times to replace a leaky seal.
All that said, nice to visit, and did enjoy getting there, and the points beyond....
Saw a sign to Historic Powhatan, so ended up on VA13 (first time on that road) and stopped here at the historic courthouse (dates to before the Civil War). In fact, the Confederate Army came through here following the fall of Richmond on their way to surrender to the Union Army. Was a very neat town....also passed thru Tobaccoville and a few other little towns (including the very interesting one in the bottom photo). Nice road, passed a lot of nice houses, lots of corn and (of all things) Sunflowers in huge groves, and the road itself was very fun to ride. Lots of hills, curves and the road was (mostly) tree lined.
Total ride on this day was some 92 miles, headed back the way I came (13 came off of 60 and ran back on it further down) with a lunch stop at Chick Fil A (had not had that in a long, long time.
It was a whole lot of fun, which got even better on Sunday when it rained buckets. Did go to the Redskin Training Camp though, that is on my Richmond and Me blog page.
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