On his 40th birthday, Matthew Throop, my older brother, joined me yesterday evening for a night on the road. This afternoon, before returning home to Richmond, Matt enjoyed a delicious plate of veggies from the garden of hosts Dan & Callie Walker. How can I get more family & friends to join me for stretches of miles..??

A handful of miles today brought me across rural Powhatan County, through only light rain. Over 400 years ago, here in what is now Virginia, Chief Powhatan was the father of Pocahontas.