Charlottesville, VA - Build Day!!!

Hello all! I am on the internet at a public library, so I only have 12 minutes to update! Sorry if its short!!

We biked from Waverly to Blackstone which was a 65 mile day,I think? These days are all blending together! Sorry.. things have been crazy. Lets move on to things that I can remember.

We biked from Blackstone to Dillwyn, VA and it was the roughest day I've had so far. It was planned a 72 mile day. I decided to ride with sweep because Jen was riding back there. Jen is one of the faster riders and I've gotten to know her well.. but I can't talk to her normally when she's riding because she is way too fast! So I decided to take it slow and ride with the back of the pack. We made lots of stops and took traditional bike and build pictures. (you'll see them when I get a computer with a memory card reader!) The majority of that morning was all good and well. Later in the morning I decided to ride with Barbara and Jenny to get to know each of them better. Barbara, Jenny, and I all ended up taking a 10 mile detour and getting lost. We had to stop and ask locals for directions.. and the local routed us 13 miles towards a point on our route. The unfortunate thing is, when we got lost we were about 3 miles away from lunch. This detour made it where we didn't each lunch until mile 54.1 and the van had to set up a different lunch spot to accomodate for us lost ones. Haha. Anyway, the story only gets better(worse) after that.. Jenny and I took off after that headed to our destination. We officially entered the Appalachian foothills that day and the last 15 miles were about 2 or 3 giant hills per 1 mile. It was intense. I felt near breaking point a few times, but never stopped to walk. We made it at around 5:30 into town and my odometer read 81.5 miles. It was completely crazy! I didn't think I would make it. I did, and now the low mileage days don't seem as bad!

Okay.. quick sum up because I have 3 minutes!!
We rode Dilwyn to Charlottesville (43 miles) yesterday and we got to sleep in a sorority house that had beds!!! It was a hilly ride, but nothing after the day before. We all got a good nights rest for the build day today. During the build, I hung drywall the whole time. It was great. I got to go. 1 min left!

Update when I can!!!

Tomorrow: Charlottesville to Lexington, VA

Thanks for reading!