Blog written by Alice

Tom asked me to write today’s blog. Such an honor! We worked in the AM for about an hour and half. Tom editing photos and I was answering as many emails as possible.

We packed it up and got on the motorcycle and headed to the mountains. Getting out of Alexandria wasn’t easy. The GPS had Tom doing multiple uturns! Finally, we hit the expressway and lots of traffic!

As we left the city behind we started to see mountains about an hour into the trip. The rolling hills and farm land were beautiful! Finally, hit the country roads and WOW… everything is beautiful and green. After many turns on the country roads we finally arrived at our destination. Only to find it was down a VERY steep gravel drive way. Did I mention we are on a Harley Davidson..heavy bike! We unloaded everything, and Tom rode the bike down. A bit nerve racking! An Airbnb…Singing Springs. Yes, there’s a creek running through the property. Our host, Jack informed us that he often sees bears, deer and cougars in his back yard.

Now it gets interesting…there isn’t a store within 8 to 10 miles. There’s no food, no water, and no wine. No way are we taking the bike out to get food and risk going up that steep gravel hill. Thank goodness we had nuts and a protein bar with us. We were hoping that we were going to be met with a basket of snacks, wine and cheese. Right away, Tom noticed there wasn’t a TV in the room. Wow, what do we do to entertain ourselves?

We came to the area to ride each day in a different area. Stay tuned and Tom will inform you about our rides in the next blog.