Day One – Yorktown to Mechanicsville

Welp, we finished Day 1. It was not without its drama, but it was very successful. For the most part we followed the ACA TransAmerica Route… tho my Garmin 810 sort of flipped out for a while and started navigating on the shortest path vs following the route I had put in. Luckily I think it only cost us 1/4 mile extra.

We started out at the Yorktown Victory Monument. As someone pointed out it may actually be brackish and not technically Ocean. That said, ACA considers it the ocean, and frankly I’d like to see _you_ ride through the tunnels in Norfolk.  😉

To be clear, we absolutely did NOT miss the first turn of the route and nearly get lost in Yorktown. Nope. Didn’t happen.

While we were out riding, the Potter part of the support team hit the Berkeley Plantation. Berkeley is the site of the first official Thanksgiving and the birthplace of William Henry Harrison (“I died in 30 days”).  Beautiful grounds, and a neat bit of history.  And as you can see, Bobby is a fan of perspective.

Anyhoo, it was pretty warm today. Average time of around 82 but definitely punching up to 90 around the end. Mostly flat, tho the initial part on the Colonial Parkway is pretty darn bumpy. Seriously, it was 20 miles of teeth chattering, butt numbing cement road. We were happy to be off of it. The rest of the day involved almost no shoulder at all, but thankfully Virginia drivers are (for the most part) polite and gave us lots of room.

A front is rolling through tonight and should drop the temps a bit for tomorrow. Time to shower, eat, prep for tomorrow, and sleep. W00t. Day 1 is in the books.