But it is for my friends Mary Dudley, Jackie, Annie and Beth. They ride the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Skyline Drive on a regular basis. And over the past few years they have been methodically ticking off the entire distance of the Blue Ridge Parkway. . . . . one segment at a time. I think this year will be the second to last segment for them before they have done the whole way. The ride this year starts in North Carolina and lasts for 4 days. And Sandy and I have been drafted to be the drivers. Our job, as I see it, is to each drive one of the two vehicles (my Honda Civic and Jackie's truck. . . which holds the bikes). While the 4 Biker Babes are doing their thing, Sandy and I will be bravely staying close to our phones and the vehicles in case anyone has an emergency or spell of exhaustion. Other than that, we are free to create whatever activities we want.
Sandy, my hiker fanatic, will want to hike the trails in spite of the fact that she was recently attacked by a swarm of hornets while hiking. She has been on Prednizone (sp?) ever since. Now here's how Sandy and I are different. Sandy, will go out hiking again in a heartbeat in spite of this set back. Her hornet attack has spooked me enough to never want to hike again. . . especially at this time of year when the hornets are particularly angry about something.
So we have made a pact. . . neither will require the other to do that which is uncomfortable for her. This is friendship at its best. So we'll just have to see how the days unfold. I will take MacAIR with me and record what happens. I can't wait to see what I write. I plan to include pictures if I can get my IPhone and my MacAir to play nice.
We leave at dawn on Monday. Tomorrow I pack and sleep at Sandy's so we can get an early start. Never did anything like this before! Stay tuned.
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