Blue Ridge Parkway: Washington to Roanoke

We start this ride in Washington DC exploring the sights at the National Mall for an easy first day of 20 miles. On our second day we ride 70 miles west to Front Royal on rolling terrain. On Day 3 we ride 51 difficult miles south on the Skyline into the Shenandoah National Park ending at Big Meadows Lodge. On Day 4 we ride 56 miles of climbing out of the Park befire ending the day at Waynesboro. On our fifth day we start at Mile Marker #1 of the Blue Ridge Parkway and ride 85 miles which includes the huge climb up the Apple Orchard Mountain to spend the night at the Peakes of Otter Lodge. On our sixth and final day we have a leisurely 35 mile ride to Roanoke, for a total of 220 miles.

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