Rusty Crank Coast to Coast Bicycle Tour across the USA on the ACA TransAM Route

TransAm Day #6 May 31, 2018 Buchanan, VA - Christiansburg, VA  68 Miles Ride Time 5:16 Hours Tour Total 395 Miles details at: https://cyclemeter.com/4b2d99e24f1383f2/Cycle-20180531-0800-57656 Minus Steve H slacker #teamRS got off to an 8am start. We had the worst breakfast so far on the tour, consisting of prepackaged foods and horrible coffee. To make up for it, we made off with a pannier’s worth of granola bars and Cliff bars. It was another hot muggy day. Several times I passed cows standing in streams trying to cool themselves. I rode up through a series of valleys, and it was wild looking up at the surrounding 3000’ peaks knowing that two days ago I was up on an even higher ridge. For much of the day I was on a narrow 20’ wide country road that paralleled and criss-crossed a train line. There really wasn’t a whole lot of room for cars to pass one another, and I  was startled by a woman in a red minivan who came clipping towards me in the middle of the road a l...

TransAm Day #7 June 1, 2018 Christiansburg, VA - Wytheville, VA 57 Miles Ride Time 5:07 Hours Tour Total 456 Miles details at: https://cyclemeter.com/4b2d99e24f1383f2/Cycle-20180601-0828-83241 I slept well last night in my hammock. There were no bugs so I didn’t use the net. The Port-a-potty cleaners stopped by the park in the middle of the night and made a horrible racket. At one point the bright light from the moon woke me. Come morning my sleeping bag was wet from the dew. Striking camp took a full hour because I also had to break down my tent. I had set it up because there had been a 30% chance of rain. Before heading off in search of breakfast, I put a little air in my tires. I skipped chain lubrication and screw tightening. We also did a tick check. Both Kim & Jim had contracted Lyme disease last week They said that 60% of all the ticks around here carry it. Breakfast was nothing special. Two egg and muffin sandwiches. I put some juice in my battery pack, and fil...