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5.12.10
Afton, Va - Malard Duck Campground, past Vesuvius, Va.
Miles: 45
Temp: 75-80 
Weather: sunny, humid, by 2:30 heavy rain
Today was the most beautiful riding yet. The blue ridge parkway was by far 
My favorite place to ride. We climbed in total arround 4000 feet. There was a three mile down hill at the very end that stopes us back down almost all of the way. Slightly scary going down fast, and it wasnt just straight down hill, it was sharply winding down hill. Asside from holding the breaks for three miles it was the most amazing ride ive been in. The view was great from all sides. As soon as I got down from the hill it began to down pour, huge rain drops fell for about 20 minutes. After the initial rain it never really stopped raining, and as we entered camp about an hour after the first drenching it began to rain just as hard again. It made setting up the tents with out getting the inside wet very dificult. Robert and mort are incharge of dinner they made a great spegetti dinner for us. Overall today was supposed to be the hardest day of the trip, we did it and loved it so west here we come.