What a wonderful day of riding. It is still a little cool in this part of the world. We pretty much rode with our jackets all day. In fact, later in the day we rode through a few showers. We rode 65 miles, but it was just nice. We were able to take some good breaks while riding and the roads we traveled had few cars on them (probably because it was Saturday morning) and I just felt good all day. We are staying at an Adventure Cycling tour leader's home this evening. He lives just outside of Richmond and seems really excited to have us here. He is inviting us to stay in his home and just sleep on the floor if we want. I haven't decided if it will be better in or out. Eli in our group is originally from Mexico and is cooking authentic chicken enchiladas for dinner. It should be good.
I did have a chance before I left Fredericksburg to visit the battlefields. It was quite interesting. There is a prominent hill in town that the confederate soldiers were on top and the union soldiers were trying to take the hill. In the initial battle the north lost badly and suffered 12,000 casualties in the attempt. A year later they were back and took the hill and the city. We rode out on a road named Lee's Drive, I am sure named after Robert E. Lee, and there were trenches still very apparent made by the confederate troops. That is amazing that they are still there.
Dinner turned out to be pretty good. Eli had this stuff called Mole that we put on the enchiladas that is supposed to be a chocolate salsa or something. I don't know if I thought it was any good or not.
Fredericksburg Battle - Now a Union Soldier Cemetery. They did not allow Confederate Soldiers to be buried here.
Map meeting in our host's house. Pretty comfy lodging tonight!!
I did have a chance before I left Fredericksburg to visit the battlefields. It was quite interesting. There is a prominent hill in town that the confederate soldiers were on top and the union soldiers were trying to take the hill. In the initial battle the north lost badly and suffered 12,000 casualties in the attempt. A year later they were back and took the hill and the city. We rode out on a road named Lee's Drive, I am sure named after Robert E. Lee, and there were trenches still very apparent made by the confederate troops. That is amazing that they are still there.
Dinner turned out to be pretty good. Eli had this stuff called Mole that we put on the enchiladas that is supposed to be a chocolate salsa or something. I don't know if I thought it was any good or not.
Fredericksburg Battle - Now a Union Soldier Cemetery. They did not allow Confederate Soldiers to be buried here.
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