Enjoy spring from the Tidewater to Appalachia as you travel the TransAmerica Trail through one of America’s most scenic regions. Join us on a fast-paced ride across 570 miles of Virginia. Celebrate the 35th anniversary of US Bicycle Route 76 along with the Virginia Bicycle Federation.
All paricipants completing the tour will be eligible to receive the VA Bicycle route commemerative pin!
Tour Includes:
- Lodging from beginning to end of tour
- All Breakfasts
- Water/snacks and Lunch stops each day
- Dinners
- T-Shirt
- Insulated water bottle
Additional transport available – please contact us to discuss your needs.
Please hold tips until the end of your time with us.
FULL TOUR:
$1100 based on double occupancy
Partial Participation: $110 per day based on double occupancy
to register please contact
Dave: 540-461-0781
or
Tasha: 540-460-4671
Refund policy: If for some reason you must cancel, you will receive a refund minus a $100 cancellation fee if notice is received 7 days prior to arrival date. After this date we cannot provide refund.
We have a 4 person minimum for the full tour. If the full tour is cancelled, we will work with you to enjoy a partial tour or refund your registration in full, but cannot be held responsible for additional travel expenses. If this is a concern, you may want to investigate purchasing travel insurance.
Arrival Day in Yorktown – Gather in the evening for an orientation and meet your fellow cyclists.
Day 1 - 86 miles - Start in Yorktown and follow the Colonial Pkwy to old town Williamsburg. Then ride the Capital Trail through historic battlefields and l plantations. End the day outside Virginia’s state capital, Richmond.
Day 2 – 68 miles - Ride up to the "Center of the Universe" – Ashland - where US Bicycle Routes 76 and 1 meet. Join bicycle enthusiasts at 10 a.m. for a brief Virginia Bicycle Federation ceremony pr
esenting the Governor’s proclamation of Bike Awareness Month. Then continue through farmland to a retreat center tucked away in the Virginia countryside. Enjoy dinner provided at the Sophia House.
Day 3 – 70 miles - Enter Virginia’s Piedmont on your way past more history and rural beauty. Ride through Thomas Jefferson’s home territory. Pass through Charlottesville into the rolling hills of the White Hall community where you’ll end the day with a dinner at the Sugar Hollow Inn.
Day 4 – 65 miles - Climb the Blue Ridge Parkway for a time before descending into the Great Valley of Virginia. Enjoy beautiful views from one of the biggest hills of the entire US route (you’ll be going down it). End the day in historic Lexington, birthplace of Civil War General Stonewall Jackson and final resting place of General Robert E. Lee.
Day 5 – 69 miles – Follow the route of the old Indian Trace. Understand what John Denver described as “almost heaven” as you skim the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, passing small villages and rural farmland. End with a descent into the outskirts of Roanoke , nicknamed the "Star City of the South".
Day 6 – 80 miles - Imagine what the pioneers experienced while deciding whether to go south or west as you leave what was historically known as “Big Lick” on the Great Valley’s western route. You’ll pass near VA’s technology corridor, cross the New River and continue down the valley to end the day in Wytheville.
Day 7 – 72 miles –Reach your highest elevation of the trip at appr
ox. 3700 feet as you pass through the beautiful Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. This part of the trip parallels the Appalachian Trail as you ride south toward the NC border, before turning west toward the deep hills of Appalachia. You’ll end the day in the small valley community of Meadowview.
Day 8 – 71 miles – the final day of riding will take you deep into the heart of Appalachia. This is Daniel Boone country, Coal Miner’s Daughter country. You’ll pass through some of the friendliest towns in the state and the most beautiful scenery in the country. End the day at Breaks Interstate Park on the Kentucky border, home to the “Grand Canyon of the South”.
to register please contact
Dave: 540-461-0781
or
Tasha: 540-460-4671