Ridin' to Vote!

On October 29, 2005 I rode my bike to the Hanover County courthouse vote by absentee ballot since I would be flying home from Colorado on Election Day and wouldn’t arrive until after polls had closed. It was a nice, crisp, clear, fall day. Cycling to vote reminded me of what it must have been like 200 years ago when people traveled from all over the county to vote at the courthouse for folks like Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry. The original courthouse still stands mainly as a “museum” and for use as an occasional meeting location for citizen groups. The Hanover Tavern is directly across the road and was likely frequented after and may be before voting back in the day.

All in all, a great 34 mile loop on roads which nearly all of which were present 200 years also. The bridges over the Pamunkey River are a nice improvement...