We woke up early, we saw that the weather will be brutally hot, so we got on the road as soon as possible. This was one of my favorite shots as we rode out.
Coming back was pretty brutally hot and humid. At our first Starbucks stop, I almost felt like my vision was blurring out on me. It was a good 45 minute break, but after that I was okay all the way home. Yermo on the other hand... well lets just say he doesn't like the heat as much as I do. Lol
It took us 14 hours to get back, many of the those hours were breaks we had to take inbetween to hydrate and cool off from the heat. When we got close to Front Royal, we also saw the derecho was coming our way. We rode ahead of the storm just by a hair, going quite fast. Half way through the ride, just when we hit 495 Yermo's headlight blew out. We couldn't stop, knowing the storm was right behind us. There was a major traffic jam up north of 495. It should have just taken us 25 minutes back without traffic. If we sat in the traffic it would have taken us over an hour. So we took the long way around the beltway, which took 45 minutes. It was a good decision since there was no traffic, but more importantly we beat the storm by 15 seconds give or take a few seconds. The second we got into the garage and the bikes on the stand, the storm hit, and the power line in front of Yermo's house came down.
I left Shaba with his brother to tell him about the trip and went across the street in my car to tell her I was alright.
Here are some pictures from the professional photographers on the mountain pass.
A month later, the book was done.