Please see our itinerary below, and schedule a ride-along ride for your club as we pass through your area. Or just show up yourself! Feel free to join us for as much as you can. For up to the minute info on our whereabouts, call Barbara Duerk at (540)580-1621.
VBF’s annual Cross-State Ride is on, for May 8-17, 2009. This year’s ride deviates from the TransAmerica route and continues on Rt. 5 to Richmond to join the May 9 Capitol to Capitol ride. (Two events in one!) From Richmond, the group will ride to Ashland on US Bike Route 1. In Ashland, we will rejoin US Bike Route 76.
The Cross-State Ride is a public relations and marketing event to raise awareness of the benefits of bicycle touring in Virginia. You, as riders, will be ambassadors for bicycling in our state.
2009 On the Softer Side
The 2009 Cross State ride is “slightly supported”. Accommodations are hotels, B&B and a Retreat Center. All have beds, towels, and showers. Your luggage (1 piece) will be transported. Note: Camping is again planned for 2010.
New Bike 76 Passports, Certificates, and Pins
Cross State riders will be able to purchase a pin recognizing their accomplishment of bicycling the 570 miles of US Bike Route 76, the Adventure Cycling 76 route, through Virginia. Riders will carry a passport to be stamped/signed at guestbook/registry locations along the way. Download your passport, get signatures/stamps, and sign registration books to qualify for a VBF certificate of recognition. After completing your trip, download and send in your application for a pin.
The 2009 Cross State Ride will be the inauguration of this new program for all Bike 76 riders.
Cost & Other Information
Local cyclists are encouraged to ride free with the group when we are in your area.
Riders agree to stay at designated lodging and pay for personal lodging and food. All through riders must be members of the Virginia Bicycling Federation, must purchase and wear our VBF safety vest, and agree to pay their portion of the shared cost of the SAG vehicle. Previous Cross-State Ride group costs have been between $100 and $200.
A $100 deposit is needed to reserve your space. Checks should be made payable to VBF and mailed to VBF c/o Barbara Duerk, 2607 Rosalind Ave., S.W. Roanoke, VA 24014, 540-343-1616; barbgary@cox.net
One piece of luggage, the size allowed on airlines, will be transported for each person. Riders will be responsibility for their own transportation to Yorktown and from Kentucky. Please try to arrange carpools.
The daily route will close at 5:00pm each day. All riders still on the route will be picked up and taken to the scheduled destination. Dinner is planned for 6pm. Route de-briefings and next day route highlights will be discussed at dinner.
Itinerary
Again, local riders are encouraged to join us as our group passes through your area. So mark these dates, and announce a club ride to ride along with us!
Fri May 8, 2009: Travel to Williamsburg or meet at 9:00am Saturday at Yorktown NPark Hotel: Fort Magruder, www.crowneplaza.com/williamsburg, 757.220.2250
Sat May 9: Yorktown/ Jamestown to Richmond, 70 miles. Hotel: Holiday Inn Express, downtown Richmond (www.hiexpress.com, 804.788.1600). Sign In: Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown 757.898.2410.
Sun May 10: Richmond to Louisa/ Sophia House, 60 miles. Sophia House Conference and Retreat Center (www.sophiahouse.org) includes two large “bunk rooms” with bed and linens. Dinner in Louisa. Sign In: Ashland Depot Visitor’s Center 800.897.1479; 804.752.6766. Sign In: Mineral Fire Station Kitchen/Day Room
Mon May 11: Sophia House to White Hall, 70 miles. B&B: Inn at Sugar Hollow Farm www.sugarhollow.com, 1.866.566.7388. Sign In: Alexander House, 1205 Monticello Rd. 434.409.3600. Sign In: Wyant’s Country Store 434.823.7299
Tue May 12 White Hall to Lexington, 65 miles(4 miles downhill, 1o miles flat). Hotel: Holiday Inn Express, Lexington, www.hiexpress.com, 540.463.7351. Sign In: Visitor Center, Rockfish Gap 540.943.5187, 540.942.6644. Local info is available in a mail drop after hours.
Wed May 13: Lexington to Catawba, 69 miles. Home stays will be arranged. Pick up is at the Community Store. Sign In: Gertie’s, Country Store in Vesuvius, 540.377.9313 (turn right at RR tracks). Cross State Ride signatures on wall in back room. Sign In: Troutville Thriftway Grocery Store, 540.992.1861.
Thur May 14: Catawba to Dublin, 55 miles. Hotel: Holiday Inn Express, www.hiexpress.com, 540.674.1600. Sign In: Catawba Valley General Store 540-384-7455. Sign In: Cambria Depot Emporium 540.381.0949.
Fri May 15, Draper to Troutdale, 68 miles. Hotel: Fox Hill Inn Bed and Breakfast, www.foxhillinn.net, 276.677.3313. Sign In: Troutdale Trading Post, Jerry’s Kitchen 276.677.3010.
Sat May 16, Troutdale to Rosedale, 61 miles. Hotel: Oak Motel, Rt. 80/19 276.880.9000. Sign In: Mama’s Place, Council 276.859.0669.
Sun May 17 Rosedale to Kentucky line, 52 miles. Hotel: Breaks Interstate Park, www.breakspark.com, 800.982.5122. Sign In: Breaks Campground Office.
Distances are approximate. Sign In’s are suggested by Virginia Tourism, 800.321.3244; 804.786.1919.
Note: A limited number of discounted rooms are available upon request at several locations. For specific prices and information please contact BarbGary@cox.net, Subject: 2009 Cross State Ride, or 540-343-1616.
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