day 10

Hersey, Pa to Roanoke, Va.
Got up to clouds and a little bit of fog, but that soon burned off, and it started getting warmer that day. We went through Gettysburg and spent some time touring the various battlefield sites. I am always amazed at what the soldiers on both sides went through at that time. Then it was cross country or at least not on Interstate to the beginning of the Blue Ridge parkway. We went the first 110 miles or so and ended up at Roanoke, Va. At the beginning of the parkway I was making a backhanded left turn into a view spot and did not turn short enough, the front tire jumping a curb and spilling the bike I of course gracefully flew of and went rolling down and embankment into some stickers, fortunately no poison oak or ivy. The right mirror was knocked off and one of the three attachements broken, but not anything that couldn't be fixed with duct tape. A few scratches and sore spots on me but nothing that ibuprophen at bed time wouldn't fix. The parkway is beautiful and well worth the effort to see. You seem like you are in a different world. We saw some deer and a lot of beautiful scenery, with endless veiws at nearly every corner.