Date: 2005-05-18
From: Blacksburg (cowboy camped)

To: Blacksburg/Pearisburg
Miles today: 0.0

Today was a good day. It is only the second time since I have started over 6 weeks ago that I have taken a day off.I had a pretty good night of sleep behind the VT entrance wall last night, I even think the lawn crew was out first thing cutting grass because the grass was freshly cut and I think I remember hearing a weed whacker while I was half-asleep. I also woke up around 2:00 AM and heard people leaving the bars to go home. Man, I am such a homeless person...and I like it!!So, I went back to Gillie¢s for breakfast as I was recommended and I had a great meal or two. I had banana and walnut French toast along with some scrambled eggs and home fries. This is a vegetarian restaurant and it was excellent even though I am not a vegetarian. The food was very FRESH!After breakfast I stumbled around campus and found the student activities center. I was trying to find out if there was a baseball game today that I could go to. I found out they played last night against William & Mary, was off today and taking on Wake Forest on Thursday. Bad luck on that one I guess...oh well.I then found my way over to the library and caught up on my studying of Physics...I mean email. The computer lab was in this nice big open-air room with big windows that bridged over a road. Really cool.I also got to checkout the sports facilities including football, softball, soccer/lacrosse, and basketball. I went into the Athletic Dept building and checked out the trophy cases like at Manley in Syracuse or Moore at FSU. The football wing had a lot of history and special accolades to Michael Vick.I then made my way over to basketball and asked the secretary if I could check out their showcase. It was pretty funny because she got a little embarrassed which in turn embarrassed me because she pointed out a little mantle to me and said ¢that¢s all we got¢. It included three plaques of ¢player of the week¢ and one conference championship trophy from way back when, of a conference I have never heard of. The best part was I stood in the hallway outside three of the assistant coachs¢offices and listen to two of them meet with recruits and the other call on recruits. The conversations (interviews) with the recruits that were present were entertaining, the coach calling on recruits could not get a hold of any players, and he had to keep repeating whom he was. Good luck in the ACC!!!!Before heading out of town, I had a good meal at BW3. I miss that place from Tally and Chapel Hill so it was nice to get some familiar food!I had a little more difficulty hitching back into Pearisburg tonight. It took 2 12 hours and I had to walk the first couple of miles, then hitch a ride about 2/3 of the way, then hitch another ride into Pearisburg. A little difficult but hey I¢m here!Oh, and one other thing. When I was in the football trophy room, there was an empty trophy case with a sign in it that read, ¢This area reserved for the National Championship Trophy¢. It was funny and I thought you would like it Cort since FSU denied them of that trophy.Her Burr...I¢m sorry I didn¢t mention you but if your Gators were good enough to play for the championship then I¢d mention YOU!I see you Pete Warrick!