Today we had our first real hard climb of the trip on US-321, and it was under construction, which made it even more of a challenge. My chain fell off while climbing, and since I was going about 2 mph up the hill, I did not have enough speed to shift it back on and was able to unclip and get to the side, before falling or running into the wall of rock. No damage done. We went thru the town of Blowing Rock, which was a cool town, and then on to the famous Blue Ridge Parkway. I hit 35mph going downhill, but the best was yet to come. We got off the parkway onto US-221, which was about 2 miles of descent with switchbacks. I have never gone so fast around such sharp turns, really having to get low into the turns, and using the brakes to avoid the cyclist ahead of me. It was such a rush, hitting 39mph on the hairpin turns.
Quote of the day: None, too tired.
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