Sub-24 Hour Bike Tour Adventure

On Wednesday August 6 Kyle and Whitney biked this route with an overnight trip in it

View from the Heiliger Kanzel Overlook WV

1:45- Leave Harrisonburg with two bikes, two B.O.B. Trailers, camp gear, too much food, and a camp table

2:30- On Top of Mole Hill

2:55- Crossing the "Slab" road over Dry River

3:30 Approaching the 257 Grocery

4:15- Beginning the climb up the pavement towards Reddish Knob

6:00- Less than a mile from camp and the cold rain began

6:20- Arrive at Heiliger Kanzel Overlook in West Virginia just below Reddish Knob

7:00- Rain stops. Freezing cold. Neither Whitney nor I can feel our hands

7: 15- Cook dinner with numb hands and drinking cold can beer does not help

8:30ish- Sunset

7:00am- Wake up and start coffee/breakfast

8:00am- Start packing up the camp site and packing the B.O.B. trailers

8:30am- On bikes and rolling back down the mountain

10:00am- Pedaling through Dayton after booking it towards home on 257 with the wind at our backs

10:20am- Home and frantically getting ready for work

10:45am- At the bike shop ready to roll for another full day of fun

See the map of our full route out and back 

Turns out you can see some pretty cool stuff in a 50 mile round trip from Harrisonburg

Whitney with her BOB trailer and bag

It was really really cold up there 

Old mountain bikes with skinny and slick tires make for great touring machines especially if you hook up a B.O.B. trailer to them