Williamsburg, Virginia to Yorktown, Virginia and back -- 34 miles

We slept in this morning, took the packs off our bikes, and started riding at 10:30 am to finish the final leg to the coast. We navigated through town to get on the Colonial Parkway - a bumpy but scenic road with tall trees, and bridges that spanned several creeks and rivers. After a few miles, the tree-shaded road opened up to amazing views of the York River. We went to the Yorktown Victory Monument to take pictures. The Victory Monument commemorates the American victory in the Revolutionary War, and also commemorated our cross-country victory!

We met Jay Brosnan who was also finishing his coast-to-coast bike ride. His wife Mary was there to pick him up and drive back to their home in North Carolina. We went down to the beach and dipped our front tires in the Atlantic Ocean! We met Marty from Newport News, who took photos for us. We talked about our journey with him, and he said he was going to check out our website. 

We had big burgers for lunch at the Yorktown Pub, then rode back to Williamsburg. We didn't have time to see anything in Colonial Williamsburg! We stopped at a bike shop for mechanical adjustments, a t-shirt shop for Lorraine to get postcards, and the grocery store for breakfast food. The motel owner would not share his laundry detergent, so Lenny had to walk to K-Mart and buy some before we could do our laundry. As soon as Lorraine went into the laundry room, the skies opened up and it was raining buckets, thundering, and lightening for about a half-hour. It continued raining sporadically for the rest of the night. Later, we walked across the street to IHOP and had omelettes and pancakes for dinner!