Day 10 Pokomoke Gity, MD to Virginia Beach, VA, 76 miles

Not the best day for riding. When we left the motel it was 49 degrees with light rain. About an hour later we had partly cloudy skies but a strong and gusty wind. So it goes.

I can tell we're in the South now. Two dogs chased me today. We passed a cotton field and some stopped to take pictures. Doug, from the UK, picked a bole to take home.

At the end of the ride at the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay bridge/tunnel we loaded the bikes on the vans for the 20 mile drive across the bridge. I was designated navigator because Mac the driver was unsure of the way. (Mac a retired rocket scientist is our bike mechanic. He really was a rocket scientist. He is a PhD and worked for Lockheed.) Besides me Michel, Mike, Jack, the Israeli, Stuart, and another guy piled in the van. The drive across the bridge was kind of crazy. The wind is blowing like hell so the van is getting some pretty good buffets. Stuart is relating little known facts about the bridge -cost to build $250 million, etc. Jack gets a call on his cell phone and is talking loudly in Hebrew about who knows what. Other than that it was uneventful.

So we made it to Virginia Beach. Tomorrow we're off to Kill Devil Hill. It's still supposed to be cold but no rain.