Day 2 started with a heavy fog on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, but sun broke it up by the time we got to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel. The crossing was epic, it was like crossing an ocean, you couldn't see the land on the other side. We stopped at the visitors center for our official bridge patch. From there, we rolled through Norfolk for a late breakfast and kept on trucking through a few more bridges and tunnels, then across Yorktown, the "middle neck", and the "northern neck" of Virginia. We crossed briefly into Maryland for some more pleasant riding conditions as we approached the homestretch, finally crossing the 495 bridge back to Alexandria.
It was a long 2-days of riding, an awesome time, and if I do it again, I'll probably skip Ocean City and use that time towards the Scotland Ferry and Colonial Williamsburg. That was on the original route, but we cut it short to get home before it was too dark. I should probably get a windshield for long trips like that, as much as I don't like the windshield everyday, it will relieve a lot of the fatigue. Best part of the bridge, the Ches Bay Bridge!
checking the camera mounted on the headset
in front of the State Capitol in Dover
one of the numerous tunnels on our trip
a little bit of history and information
"texepictetus" entering the first span
rest stop on the bridge
doing my best impersonation of Trackpete, minus the backflip!
"texepictetus"
early morning fog
waiting for the road to re-open after a wreck
