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We took a detour to visit the Natural Bridge State Park. The park is well worth the 6km detour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We weren\u2019t so fast today because we had a 10-13km\/h headwind but even in the rain Virginia is still beautiful 78.92 km. 504m ascent. 4h01 ride time An easy day today to bring us to Lexington as we have the hardest climb ahead of us tomorrow: Vesuvius up to the Blue Ridge Parkway. We set off in pouring rain \ud83d\udca6\ud83d\ude13 but it wasn\u2019t cold and by lunchtime the rain stopped. 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