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Day 3- Chickahominy River Campground to Ashland, VA

Day 3 - Woke up a bit lazy, but saw a note on my frisbee from Dustin. His tent and bike were gone. Aw man, dude bailed already? He just went up the road for breakfast... we were ok. We met up in Charles City and biked towards Ashland. Road was super smooth and flat. It was 89, so we were ready to be done by EOD. We got stopped by a crossing guard in Mechanicsville, but it allowed some time to rock out to music from nearby radios. Ate a crazy amount of pizza afterwards. Early to bed, early to rise.

The first few days

Some updates from the road and a few things worth mentioning: Day 1- Newport News to the Ocean and Hampton (22 miles): Arrival into Newport News was pretty simple and the walk to Conte's where my bike was was an easy one. I put on my bags and set off for Hampton. Dropped some Marriott points to stay in a courtyard for the night and I biked to the ocean at Buckroe Beach. I put the bike in the ocean, even though it was sandy for Trixie. I got a cheesesteak from a place near the beach and ate it over the next 3 meals (thing was huge). Rode back to Hampton and met up with Dustin and hung out and went to Walmart. Picked up supplies and ate. Was ready to go the next day. Day 2 Hampton to Yorktown to Chickahominy Campground (48 miles): Woke up, drank some coffee, and rode to Yorktown. Hi fived with the Easter bunny. Met up with Abe and the rest of the Lishansky fam. We checked in at the national park office where they gave me a pin. I'm not totally psyched about it, but maybe