Just another slog of a ride up hills. Today, I didn’t really even get on the official route because I was going from one off-route hotel to an off-route Airbnb. I’m still not jazzed about camping just yet, but definitely will be doing more of that later in the tour. Some of the camping here isn’t that much cheaper than hotwire or Airbnb. I didn’t take any pics again today, and not too much of note happened other than as I passed through Christianburg, I have completed the first of 12 segments. That was listed as 365 miles plus the 12 route miles I did today, so I’ve completed 377 of the total 4,220. But I’ve actually ridden 431 miles so far in ten days, so I guess I’ve ridden way more extra miles than I realized.
Well, shit. I thought I was doing much better on my official route miles. However, there were like 27 miles of riding to get to the official start, so that leaves less than 30 miles of additional non-route riding. Maybe I’ll have to take a shortcut somewhere to make up some miles. I’ll get back on the official route tomorrow.