Are You Numb Yet?

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=900317" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="03cc8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.blairpub.com/outdoortitles/roadcyclingtheblueridge.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.blairpub.com/outdoortitles/ro"><U><B><IMG SRC="09e638b0.png" border=0 width="99" height="139" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899330000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">This 266-page </b><A HREF="id21_critics.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the Book"><U><B>critically-acclaimed</b></U></A><B> paperback contains 26 rides of all difficulty levels in northwest North Carolina, east Tennessee and southwest Virginia.</b></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899330000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Each route features cues, map, elevation profile, and listings of roadside attractions and outdoor recreation options.</b></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899330000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Buy it now at area bookstores and bike shops or </b><A HREF="http://www.blairpub.com/outdoortitles/roadcyclingtheblueridge.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.blairpub.com/outdoortitles/ro"><U><B>click here to order</b></U></A><B>.</b></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Road Cycling the Blue Ridge High Country     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Road Cycling the Blue Ridge High Country"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="16">     <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Corner of Bloomin and Vine"><U><IMG SRC="04210100.png" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>     <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Journeys End"><U><IMG SRC="04310100.png" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>     <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cycle North Carolina 2006"><U><IMG SRC="044100e0.png" border=0 width="16" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> </div> <div> <B>Are You Numb Yet?</b></div> <bR> <div> <I>I shot this on the fly, and it's hard to see, but someone has spray painted "Are You Numb Yet?" on this billboard on N.C. 58 near the coast.</I></div> <div> <I>(To answer the question: No, I was not numb, but I wish I had been! My backside was in major agony by the end of the ride.)</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3c53dae0.jpg" border=0 width="573" height="430" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>