Day 1: Ocean City, Md to Accomac, Va.

Miles today: 66. Total miles: 66. Avg speed today: 14.4 mph.

Tried to get up to watch the sunrise today, but the clouds weren't cooperating. A little more later on than we'd planned, did the wheel-dipping ceremony amid lots of stares and headed out. Couldn't ask for better riding conditions, really: partly cloudy, light breeze, relatively wide and relatively clean shoulders most of the way. Spent most of our time avoiding rumble strips and exchanging bad jokes about things along the road. Made it past our first state line and stopped in Accomac, where we asked the only two people who seemed to be alive in the town about camp grounds. Turns out they're cyclists too, and they offered their "Florida room" for us to stay the night. Spent a couple hours talking with Andrea and Charlie; they're hilarious! Quote of the day, from Andrea: "We don't get a lot of visitors here. But I think there's room in the freezer for a couple more!" Tomorrow we tackle the Bay Bridge-Tunnel and the Norfolk area with the help of an escort and public transportation (respectively), and are aiming to end up in Yorktown for the official beginning of the ACA Trans-America route.