I would like to thank the National Park Service, Camp Celo, and several friends who shall remain nameless here for a much needed reset in the form of a bike trip on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Friends at the camp were kind enough to let us park the car I’d borrowed for the trip off in a shady corner:
![Surly and Bianchi touring bikes on a trunk rack of a borrowed car which is parked in the shade of a tree in a corner of Camp Celo](https://pebkac.cmpalmer.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/wpid-img_20140714_125916-300x222.jpg)
Happily the weather coöperated and we had an amazing time climbing up the mountains in relatively cool conditions and less taxing whizzing down after enjoying the views:
If you can make the time to bike on the Parkway, I highly recommend it.