Overnight Autumn Bicycle Trip, Blue Ridge Parkway

Fall break! John and I decided to get out for one last bike tour before winter. We missed the high point of the Fall leaf season by only a couple of days (due to strong rain and winds) but still gorgeous. The weather completely cooperated, cool but not cold and no rain.


We headed up Winklers Creek and onto old 221. Rode on the Blue Ridge Parkway until we reached Linville Falls Campground.






Arriving early afternoon, we headed to Famous Louise's for pie and coffee. Walked to the Falls for a short hike. All in all, a wonderful and well deserved break.

Bicycles Are Cheap

And he is not talking about the bike that cost more than a BMW F650GS (cars are damn expensive to operate).

Bicycles Are Cheap: One of the stranger political phenomena of the past 10 years has been the extent to which the non-automobile transportation in many cities has been coded a “white” area of concern. When someone writes a piece about the growing market for automobiles in China, nobody thinks that’s an article about how China’s getting poorer. As [...]/p