After a long day of riding yesterday, we arrived in Charleston, WV.
We had a semi early start after a night of barhopping and riding Huntington's new critical mass route rolling 12 deep. Once we were rolling in the morning we were moving quite fast. It was a beautiful ride through the hills of West Virginia, all seemed well.
About 2 hours into the ride, Lucy & Nathalie were about a quarter mile back so we stopped to let them catch up but as soon as we stopped every car in the line of traffic pulled up to tell us "they wrecked!" or "they crashed!" so we really didn't know what was going on. I took off and road back to where they were and sure enough, they had wrecked. Nathalie had gotten off the road a bit and couldn't get back on the road because of a 4 inch lip then Lucy ran over the back over her bike bending her back wheel up in a somewhat hardshell taco form. Luckily their were only minor scrapes. We called the LBS and they came and picked up Nathalie and the rest of us rode into meet her and have lunch in St. Alban, WV.
We take off from lunch and about 30 minutes later I look back and everyone is pulled off of the road. I stopped and they were starting to get off of their bikes. I rode back over to them to find Remy with a broken spoke! We disassembled his bike and contemplated how to fix it, we had the spokes, but because of the location of the broken spoke we were unable to make any headway with it, and then it started to pour. Here we are with a disassembled bike, everyone lounging, and it's pouring... we ran for the overpass. We were somewhat dry under there but still had no idea what to do about Remy. We called our hosts and they were more than willing to come out and pick Remy up which was awesome!
Soon, the 5 of us, made the quick 30 minute trip into Charleston, WV to a nice quiet neighborhood that sits right on the riverfront. We will be spending today (the 18th) as a rest day with the other Seattle group making us 30 something strong on the road now!
9 Days Left on the Trek to Reenergize America.
Followed by an 11 day solo tour.
Followed by 7 days in Taos, NM Biking & Video Editing.
Followed the day after by move in for RA Training.
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Hi,
You have a nice blog post here on Charleston, WV.
Charleston is also the place for you and your pet to bond. You can go walking on the magnificent architecture the place offers and stay with your pet all day and all night long in your hotel as they can be allowed inside. Charleston, West Virginia hotels are also open for you and your pet to stay in. Special amenities for you are available to enjoy.
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