The Green Man Diaries

Now that I’m actually looking at the timing of this thing, particularly with respect to distances between campsites, the Blue Ridge seems like a really bad idea if I want to get to Athens by the solstice. I think I’ll follow the I-81 instead (it looks like there are bike-friendly roads running alongside it all the way along), or something like that. That’ll still give me the benefit of the beautiful scenery without the difficulty of the Blue Ridge’s terrain and (from what I’ve heard) the hazards of biking on the narrow Parkway.  Even so I might need to take a bus somewhere along the way.