Day 63
August 3rd, 2007

After a early morning wake up and a lack luster crew chief breakfast we were on the road. Today's ride was not long at all. It was only about 40 miles. Nick Cramer and I decided to ride together today by ourselves because we did not want to be in a large group on the narrow winding roads at the foothills of the Appalachian mountain range. Overall the ride was really short and easy, we will hit the actual climb into the mountains starting tomorrow. After a short stage up we had an arrival at the Charleston West Virginia Children's Therapy Clinic. The clinic offers free physical therapy to children of families who can not afford the treatment they need. It was a fun time touring the facility and meeting some of the kids who use the clinic for therapy. For lunch the Clinic fed us some pizza. I sat with a young four year old named Emma. Emma's mom helps run the facility. I also met Molly whose mom is the only other regular employee of the center. Molly is 1 year old and did not have much to say. Emma on the other hand was a very talkative little girl, Watch out Amanda. After lunch we headed over to lodging and had a great break time that most of us used to take a nap. Dinner was delivered to us. It was a great meal of Olive Garden salad and Pasta! After dinner a few of us went to the cinema and watched the Bourne Ultimatum. It was a great final movie in the series.