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16-03-29  Day 2 Battlefields and Plantations

29 Tuesday Mar 2016

Posted by MarkTrail in Biking Adventure Cycling TransAmerica Bicycle Route

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16-03-29  Day 2 Battlefields and Plantations

2 Wheels, 6 Months, 1 Adventure!!!
TransAmerica 2016 Blog

The stars were winking at me as the cool breeze brushed against my whiskers. AHHH. Cowboy Camping!!!… The birds started singing at 5:30 am…. Back on the east coast where the birds are louder…. And plentiful… It was cold so I started fully clothed. Might need to adjust for colder mornings..

7:00 am I pulled out back on the Capital Bike Trail. It rolls all the way to Richmond but I will leave it for less busy Mechinicsville.

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The morning I visited Sherwood Forrest Plantation. John Tyler, The 10th PrePresident the US. I can only remember the first…  After doing the President thing he decided to get married…… Have 7 children,  and remodel the home, making it a 300 ft home, the longest frame house in the US…. It would make a nice Bowling Alley… Or hideaway…   It was early and no one was at the plantation so I biked on..

 

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Plantation after Plantation morphed into Battlefield after Battlefield… The Melvern Hill story was that the Confederate forces took it wave after wave at a price of 5000 lives. Union….3,000… Another time for reflection.

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Stopped for lunch at the Willis Methodist Church. Pastor Mark greeted me as the 2nd Biker on the year.. The first March 7th… Maybe I can catch up…..  or not.

On to Mechinicsville 5:00 o’clock traffic. Everyone was patient taking their turn passing  old Silver. It was late but felt good so I pushed on to Ashland, VA. Old Town Bicycles.

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A nice stop to Martin’s Grocery Store to charge up and a half gallon of Moose Tracks.. Blogging Done!

Ashland Va. 69.5 Miles

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