Day three was action packed! We left Rocky Mount around 7AM and eventually got off of highway 64 which had tons of cars and was really annoying to ride on. After 64 we rode on Highway 98 which was great, not many cars, beautiful scenery (cows, cornfields and trees pretty much.) We encountered some pretty big hills on 98 but it's good for us to get used to. Vollmer Farm was one of the places we stopped for a break on 98. They had some great homemade peach icecream and peaches which really hit the spot. The owner of the farm John Vollmer sat down with us for a while. He was a really nice guy and said that his farm used to be a tobacco farm but in the late 90's they began to shift to more vegetables and fruits. He told us a little bit about organic farming, basically said that the regulations and certifications for organic farming are very intense and also the organic seeds have to be shipped from Kentucky, Vermont and or Colorado. He said that usually one ton of regular fertility products for a certain crop is arounnd $200 whereas the organic fertility products for that same crop is almost $500. John's farm is 50% organic and he hopes to expand into even more organic products. He has started an organic delivery service for a lot of his customers close to the farm and the demand continues to grow. Day 3 PicturesDay two was a little better than day one. We got the day started pretty early from Plymouth and arrived in Rocky Mount about 2:30. It's much better to get up early, beat the heat, the traffic and most importantly the winds. We grabbed some lunch and ate it under a highway overpass (see pictures.) When we arrived in Rocky Mount we were starving but didn't want to eat dinner quite yet so we road our bikes down the road from the Motel 6 we stayed in to the Krispy Kreme and split 6 assorted donuts. After we killed those we road up the street about 50 more feet to Wendy's and both got a frosty. We're finding that we can just eat whatever we want and as much of it as possible. Pictures from Day 2 |
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