Back in Virginia

Day 23 – July 2, 2009
We have stayed at several America’s Best Value motels on this trip but the one we were at last night was the best so far. They had a great hot breakfast and an indoor pool and the rate was less than $50 including tax. Needed our jackets this morning and it remained cool most of the day – another great riding day. Riding through eastern Tennessee brings us into the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains and then into the rolling hills of western Virginia. Cattle grazing on the slopes, corn and tobacco fields growing and the constant rocking and rolling remind me why I love Virginia. We pulled off at Wytheville for the night after 337 miles of great riding. A few more hours tomorrow on the Interstate and then we will head cross country on some sweet country roads in Virginia. I will be so glad to get away from the ever present tractor-trailers. I’m certainly glad for the truckers and the job they do but I really do get tired of riding with them day after day on the highway. We have gone through all the time zones going west and today we entered the last of the time zones on our way home; a real sign this trip is coming to an end.