Day 64
August 4th, 2007

The locals told us that today and tomorrow were going to be the most difficult days of riding of this half of the trip. They were not far from wrong. The day had a lot of hills with a lot more climbing than going down. Today was the day we hit the real heart of the Appalachians. The 75 mile ride really was not all that bad until the last 15 mile stretch that had some really steep climbs that put a lot of the riders into exhausted mode. Once into town we moved into some great lodging at the dorms of Mountain State University. The town of Beckley was really glad to have us. For dinner we had a great meal at the Mountain State Center for Independent Living. Unfortunately I forgot my memory card in my camera at the dorm.