Day 3 in Virginia

Today was the Back of the Dragon and it is so much better than the Tail of the Dragon on NC. This is 32 miles and I believe I counted 8 serious switchbacks, climbing and descending with more twists and turns than you could count. And again, no traffic! There was one Jeep that I caught up to but he just moved over and let me go.  If that wasn’t fun enough, Garmin found me a short cut off rt 91 down Hogback Rd which turned out to be a single lane dirt farm road splattered with hay patches; glad that was only a couple of miles then back on rt 91. Heading down rt  91 to Saltville the rt suddenly turns to a hard packed road with gravel; somebody forget to finish paving? This went on for about 10 miles with switchbacks on gravel, not real fun but oh well. Finally made it to Saltville and wanted some lunch so I pulled into a small store for water and while waiting in line I had to listen to this lady argue with the cashier that the coins she was giving her were dollars because it said so right on the coin. But is says “quarter dollar.”  Well to her it was a dollar so the cashier passes it to the lady in front of me and asks her if it is a dollar, and she actually passes it to me and asks s this a dollar? Holy Hokies Virginia it’s a quarter! So I found some lunch and right next to it was the Museum of the Middle Appalachians. Very interesting museum especially the history of salt mining and the impact on the civil war. It was a great day of riding to include the challenging off roading. No explanation on the abandoned house taken over by goats.