Day 65
August 5th, 2007

Without a doubt today's ride was extreme. It was the most difficult day of riding second only to a horrible headwind day in Wyoming. It was the highest elevation we have hit since Colorado. The ride also had some of the biggest down hill sections of the whole trip. And it was beautiful! The ride into Blacksburg was a 85 mile day with 10 miles cut off the end for a road that was less than friendly to cyclists. At no point in the day was the road flat. It was either a hard climb or a white knuckle down hill. Once into Blacksburg we had a fun arrival for the local Pi Kappa Phi members. A cyclist on our team, Marc Saint Raymond, went to school at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. For lodging we were put up in one of the school's dorm buildings. Unfortunately the building did not have air conditioning. A few of us toured around campus for a while. Virginia Tech's campus is absolutely the most beautiful campus we have seen so far on this trip. We also headed down to the stadium to check out the football field. For dinner we ate at the school's dining center which had some of the best college cafeteria food I have ever had.