Distance - 106.5 miles
Casey's parents made us a delicious breakfast in Abingdon, and it was with great pride that we welcomed Cody onto the RLPT 09. He was brutally inducted by 106.5 miles on his first day. Fortunately, he performed like a champ after we guided him towards stronger biking through massive caffeine consumption. Casey and her dad were nice enough to drive us back into Abingdon where they picked us up the night before (thanks Casey!), and we set out with pleasant weather, favorable wind, and some nice flat road for the most part riding up route 11. Cody brought new life and energy back into the RLPT which felt great, and finally I could stare at somebody else's back all day! Cody rides 50% of the time with no hands, swings aggressively at low hanging leaves, taunts passing wildlife, and still manages to keep up with us on his hybrid road bike / mountain bike. His nose was also sunburned because Casey forgot to put sunscreen on his nose, which is of course her responsibility.
In Marion at a gas station we saw the largest RV ever created, must have been at least 60 ft and it got 6 gallons to the mile. We ate a fantastic lunch again on Cat's KFC coupons in Wytheville and drank at least 3 gallons of mountain dew a piece. The mountain's dew powered us forward until Draper's mountain, where we almost saw the end of Cody. Cody pulled through though, and we cruised down one of the more righteous down-hills of the trip into Pulaski, where would we encounter one of America's finest heros - a true champion of the road:
Yeah, he's towing a push lawnmower on that scooter, GBA. We snacked a bit while observing this man, and then 20 more miles to Christiansburg where we met my friend Jon who's working there for the summer. He invited us to see Transformers 2 with a friend, but given the lateness of our arrival and the long day, IHOP and the Endless Pancake Situation (EPS) were even more attractive to us than Megan Fox. IHOP treated us very well despite restaurant temperatures approaching absolute zero, and Jon took us back to his place where we watched the obligatory Michael Jackson tribute after tribute and paid our respects. And Jon has some amazingly comfortable couches, which Cody fell asleep on 2 seconds before even laying down. EPS-coma and 106.5 miles set in soon after for Sam and I.
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