Day
6
September
5, 2018
Two
separate rides today – one group went to ride the back of the dragon a road
about 30 miles long of hairpin turns while the rest of us went to the Breaks
and the Ralph Stanley Museum. Our ride
started out on 23 (only way out of town) but then turned on a lot of back
country roads with hairpin turns, mountains to climb and descend and views to
take your breath away. The country is beautiful,
but the area is so impoverished now that most of the coal mines have
closed. I cannot even imagine what live
would be like if suddenly we lost our only means of income. Riding
along one road the river was running close to the road so all the homes built on
the “other side” had to build bridges to their homes; some looked pretty sturdy
some not so much. A few of our members
are planning to leave tomorrow; they will be missed. But we all will be packing in just a day or
two. I am tired; it’s hard work having
so much fun.
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