July 28

Thanks to the rain and prediction of high winds, large hail and flash floods we did not camp in the city park last night.  We stayed in a motel in Daleville.  The same one I stayed in when I visited Jerry on the AT back in 2010.  All is well.  It did rain all day yesterday but the severe weather did not materialize.  They came in looking like very wet little puppies.  The forecast is for t-storms again today but the guys have a short day today and should beat the weather.  Question is will we be in a campground or motel again tonight.  I hate spoil our record of so very few nights in a motel but then I also don’t always like the idea of sleeping in the tent with lightning and thunder all around.  We all ended up packing up wet yesterday and it would be good to have a chance to dry things out today.  We’ll have to see it that happens. 

Not much to report on.  We’re moving on to Lexington VA today.  They are positioning themselves for MT. Vesuvius on Monday.  Not sure that is the official name of the mountain just the name of the town it is near.  It is the last reportedly huge mountain.  It is all downhill from there I’m told, although they are on the Blue Ridge Parkway for a while.

I’m just hanging out in the motel room for as long as I can so that I don’t have to hang out on the street corner in Lexington where we’re to meet.  Maybe Jack will even beat me there.  He is the speed demon of the group – up and out early.  In the beginning they talked about riding as a group/team, that didn’t last long.  They all fell in to their own rhythm.   I just wish they could look out for each other a little better.  But, it is almost over with and it will be history soon.  One more thing checked off the bucket list.

Hope all is well where you are.