May 10, 2011
Journal
Today I am so tired that I could fall asleep here at the keyboard. It was our most challenging day of riding. We had been warned that it would be. Today we met the mountains of Virginia. They are beautiful, but they are mean! It’s not that they are real steep, they just go on and on and on. The first mountain to climb was a 12 mile up hill with no break in between! With every turn in the road I hoped that we had reached the top, no such luck. So today, all 73 miles that I pedaled had lots of up hill climbs. But I have to also say, Virginia has beautiful countryside. Large farms, lots of horses and cows, and many Christmas tree farms. When we arrived at Wytheville we were greeted by Pastor Steve Ridenhour of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. The church is over 150 years old. The congregation has done a wonderful job of taking care of the facilities so they look very beautiful. They even had four showers so that we could shower when we arrived. Pastor Steve and members of the congregation prepared a wonderful dinner for us. Afterwards we had our Village of Hope presentation. This congregation has been long time supporters of the VOH. They support many children and Pastor Steve and one of his members visited the VOH about 15 years ago. I am sure that this congregation will continue to be strong supporters of the VOH mission.
Tomorrow we head for Harrisonburg, VA located among the Shenandoah Mountains.
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