Biking the Blue Ridge Parkway has been on my radar for decades.  I almost rode them in my college years one Spring until I realized it might be still snowbound in places in late April and instead set off west from Indiana to bike home to Seattle.  I’ve always regretted missing it though – I spent the best part of my childhood in West Virginia, and have long wanted to spend some quality time in the environment I recall from my youth.  This year, we finally got there.  Here’s the journal, and here’s an overview map: