Day 2: Accomac, Va. to Newport News, Va.

Miles today: 88. Total miles: 155. Avg. speed today: 14.0.

Today was a little more stressful; had to deal with the Bay Bridge-Tunnel and the traffic around Norfolk, which took some effort and patience, but we made it. Said goodbye to Andrea and Charlie (wonderful people) and headed south. Found a super cute roadside restaurant/store, The Machipongo Trading Co., on 13: all local/sustainable crafts and food. Wish I'd taken a picture, but it turns out my camera's inexplicably not working. Fabulous. Got to the Bridge-Tunnel and a man in a bright yellow safety outfit drove us across in a pickup. Lots of traffic around Norfolk, but we fought through it and got to the bus transfer station, where a bus brought us and the bikes to Hampton Roads. Continued north toward Yorktown, but started looking for campgrounds several miles earlier since our map only showed three expensive hotels to stay at in Yorktown ($129? No, thank you...) Some nice people in a church directed us to the Newport News Park a few miles up the road, and after a few discouraging moments we found the place. We did discover one thing that made the whole day worth it: showers. Two days in a row- how luxurious!