{"id":883,"date":"1988-08-31T23:23:00","date_gmt":"1988-08-31T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/?p=883"},"modified":"2026-08-23T23:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:44:44","slug":"christianburg-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/christianburg-va\/","title":{"rendered":"Christianburg, VA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The next morning brought an easy ride over rolling terrain into Radford.<\/p>\nOnly 38 miles.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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I’m not sure whether this picture was taken on that day, or the day before. I had business to do, and it didn’t occur to me to take pictures of something as mundane as that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As usual, the first thing I did was to get money out of the automatic teller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, I found a travel agent. I didn’t even know what airport would be near Yorktown, but we finally decided that Norfolk would be the best. In addition, I decided to accept a transfer in Chicago, in order to be able to fly into San Jose Airport. I knew it would be a drag for Merrianne to drive all the way to San Francisco International to pick me up. I asked Connie, the travel agent, where I might get my hair cut. She recommended a place called the Limited Edition just a few blocks away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I went to the place and got my hair cut by Linda Hamilton. Well, actually, her name was Beth; she just looked like Linda Hamilton. Before the actual haircut, she gave me a sensual warm water shampoo and massage over the sink. “Standard procedure,” she said. Haircut included, she only charged $9. I left a couple dollars extra as tip.<\/p>\nBeth’s setup was at her house just up the road. I do regret not getting a picture of her.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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At the New Wheel bike shop, I picked up two Specialized Turbo\/LS tires. It appeared that my present tires might last the 400 or so final miles to Yorktown, but my experience in Kansas had taught me not to take chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I motelled in Christianburg.<\/p>\nChristianburg was just 12 more miles. Short day as far as riding.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The next morning brought an easy ride over rolling terrain into Radford. Only 38 miles. As usual, the first thing I did was to get money out of the automatic teller. Next, I found a travel agent. I didn’t even know what airport would be near Yorktown, but we finally decided that Norfolk would be … Continue reading Christianburg, VA<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":885,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions\/885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}