Four days in and I am rethinking my weight bearing strategy. I am thinking of switching from a trailer to panniers (saddlebags). Touring cyclists are divided on the issue, switching now would be like leaving UNC for Duke after a rough freshman year. The trailer is more or less an extra ten pounds. This is not to say that the first few days were misery. We've been averaging just under seventy miles per day, and feeling pretty good. My trailer and I have been through 200 miles of glorious countryside. Highlights include purple polka dot wildflowers in the Tidewater, pioneer graves at Lyle cemetery, and a magnificent red moon rising over Lake Anna. Wish I had more photos, but my SD card crapped out and I just got it working again. Below is the place we stayed at in Yorktown before we took off, and my family bustling around the kitchen at lunchtime. We rested a day in Charlottesville with them, tomorrow, to the hills! I know you're all on the edge of your seats about my tentative separation from my trailer, but you'll just have to stay tuned. Maybe we can work it out.