Originally Posted by
pdlamb
We fell a day behind a trio of cyclists leaving Williamsburg, and then caught up with them after we spent the night at Mineral, VA, on the TransAm. They had slept behind the Mineral fire station, woke up all night with trains coming through and blowing their horns 75 feet away...
Heh! I remember the camping at Mineral FD well. The trains would blow their horns for the length of the field where we were camping. Add to that the "ding, ding, ding" of the gates lowering at the 1st St crossing...
Troutville VA was even worse. The green roof at top of photo is the picnic pavillion where all the cyclists camp...
