{"id":935,"date":"1988-09-06T16:52:00","date_gmt":"1988-09-06T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/?p=935"},"modified":"2026-08-25T20:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:15:43","slug":"williamsburg-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/williamsburg-va\/","title":{"rendered":"Williamsburg, VA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For the past 11 weeks, I had been telling people that my goal was Yorktown, Virginia. In actuality, Yorktown was not really a goal; it was a nebulous concept of something “out there”. I had daily goals for mileage, but wasn’t aiming at Yorktown. And suddenly, Yorktown was within striking range. It was a very real city, which I could reach the next day if I wanted to; it was only 3 map panels away. I decided not to push it, though, since the next day was only Tuesday, and my flight out wasn’t until Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the morning, I checked out of the motel and got my key deposit back. There was a different man in the booth, who was much more polite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started off into the wind. The street was flat, but the headwind made going difficult. I was pleased to discover that I had been riding the wrong way, and that the wind was actually to my advantage. Turning around, I began to cruise at 15 mph. There was very little traffic once I got away from Richmond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just after the route changed off highway 156, I stopped at Ghee’s grocery, and had a delicious deviled crab. They mixed crab meat with bread crumbs and spices, and stuffed everything back into a crab shell. It was second only to the huevos rancheros for most delicious food on the trip.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Just after turning off 156 onto SR-5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Deviled crab. Less than a dollar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fish Hatchery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crossing the James River, almost to Williamsburg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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To stretch out my trip, I stopped at the Tioga Motor Lodge in Williamsburg that night. The cost was only $30. It was far, far better than the fleabag which cost $24.50 in Richmond. I bought 13 postcards there. There was a great writing burden ahead, letting people I had met along the way know that I had actually made it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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I guess it was Pledge Week at William & Mary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Historic Williamsburg. I don’t think I went in to see the demonstrations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the past 11 weeks, I had been telling people that my goal was Yorktown, Virginia. In actuality, Yorktown was not really a goal; it was a nebulous concept of something “out there”. I had daily goals for mileage, but wasn’t aiming at Yorktown. And suddenly, Yorktown was within striking range. It was a very … Continue reading Williamsburg, 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\/935"}],"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=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":946,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions\/946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike1988\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}