Day 10 - Breaks Interstate Park - Rollin' ocean to ocean - CycleBlaze

May 19, 2023

Day 10 - Breaks Interstate Park

Rode out of Rosedale about 7:30 on a beautiful day. Low 60s to start with full sunshine. Another rider from South Carolina named Owen joined us. We made a reservation for two rooms at the Gateway of the Breaks Motel for 2 rooms for this evening. The hotel is adjacent to Breaks Interstate Park which straddles Virginia and Kentucky. I rode into the park on the way to the hotel and had some delicious and much needed food. Question of the day:

  • Is it Appalachia - pronounce the second letter a like the a in “bait”
  • Is it Appalachia - pronounce the second letter a like the a in “bat”
Dollar store in Rosedale, number 10
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Dollar store 11 in Honaker
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Cool
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Dollar store 12 in Honaker
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After you are Exterminated they send the ambulance to revive you
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What year was gas $1.29 per gallon?
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Hard times in rural America
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Thinking of my geologist/earth science teacher wife
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George (Buddy) HallInteresting - I'm a Geologist and my wife was a career teacher
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Elizabeth HendersonEarth Science Rocks! And, yes, geologists have been known to lick rocks. Not sure about the sand though! 😳
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Dollar store 13 in Haysi
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George CastleDave - do you have the over/under on how many dollar stores you will encounter along the way ?
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David HendersonTo George CastleToday was a record, 6 dollar stores in one day. I am thinking I will be in the 120 range
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You can rent these 4 wheelers, complete with mud
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View of Breaks Interstate Park
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Keith AdamsPretty rugged terrain unless you're following the rivers.
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C&W music permeates this area. Upper right is the Carter family who invented the genre
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This is the Rhododendron Restaurant inside the park
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Brownie with hot fudge sauce and ice cream. Nice way to finish my meal
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Elizabeth HendersonYou have never been one to pass on a brownie! Yum.
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Today's ride: 45 miles (72 km)
Total: 567 miles (912 km)

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Keith AdamsWas thinking of you today as I rode from Shepherdstown toward Hancock on the C&O canal to link up with a long-time friend. He started in Cumberland; we met in Hancock then rode the next day to just short of Harper's Ferry. I had to get home Sunday morning so we split up after camping at Huckleberry Hill hiker biker campsite.
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