{"id":102,"date":"2011-05-13T20:50:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T20:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/?p=102"},"modified":"2011-08-18T04:53:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T04:53:36","slug":"rural-hall-nc-rides-cooks-wall-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"Rural Hall NC Rides &#8211; Cooks Wall tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.endomondo.com\/embed\/workouts?w=nB3thSTK4Sk&#038;width=950&#038;height=600\" width=\"690\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>We had twice as many folks turn out for the Tuesday Night Beer &amp; Pizza Ride.  With dark clouds and imminent thunderstorms swirling all around we chose our route so as to keep away from the storms.  With a few pedal strokes we were rolling down Edwards Road and saw less than a dozen cars for the whole ride!  We turned up Payne (read Pain), Road and headed over to Slate Road which is a jewel of a road to ride.<div id=\"attachment_106\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/slate-rd-curve.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106\" src=\"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/slate-rd-curve-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"slate rd curve\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/slate-rd-curve-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/slate-rd-curve-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/slate-rd-curve.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">typical view along car-free, farm-to-market roads of Stokes County<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe clouds stayed on the horizon and we were able to just enjoy the rolling terrain and some steep pitches of asphalt.  Slate Road has one screamer downhill that is a gas to fly down.  <div id=\"attachment_107\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/slate-rd-hill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107\" src=\"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/slate-rd-hill-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"slate rd hill\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/slate-rd-hill-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/slate-rd-hill-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/slate-rd-hill.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">more fun than a log flume!<\/p><\/div>The prize of the ride was rolling up Covington Road and soaking up the eye-candy offered by the quartzite cliffs of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncparks.gov\/Visit\/parks\/haro\/main.php\">Cooks Wall<\/a>.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_104\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/covingtonrd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-104\" title=\"covingtonrd\" src=\"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/covingtonrd-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/covingtonrd-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/covingtonrd.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Western End Cooks Wall, Photographer: Dave Cook<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nOur mellow group then set a spirited pace down Friendship Road and headed back to our cars and Frank&#8217;s Pizza.  Along the way, our good buddy Dudley grabbed a KOM with a snappy ride up Edwards Road.<div id=\"attachment_108\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/edwards-rd-climb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108\" src=\"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/edwards-rd-climb-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"edwards rd climb\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-108\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/edwards-rd-climb-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.docwheelies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/edwards-rd-climb-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">a steep pair of hairpin turns gives Edwards Road some of its character<\/p><\/div>    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Franks-Restaurant\/117115624974824?sk=info\">Frank&#8217;s Pizza<\/a> once again accommodated us with ice cold recovery drinks and hot pizza pie!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had twice as many folks turn out for the Tuesday Night Beer &amp; Pizza Ride. With dark clouds and imminent thunderstorms swirling all around we chose our route so as to keep away from the storms. 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