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Trip Itinerary

Day 7
6-27-08

By 7:00 a.m. all rooms were clean, all luggage packed, and the bus was loaded. Farwell to Virginia Beach! Most of us were already napping by the time we stopped at a McDonald’s for breakfast an hour down the road. From breakfast to lunch was a very quiet bus ride…more sleeping. We ate lunch at Burger King and drove through some heavy rain before we left Virginia. As we drove through the beautiful West Virginia mountains the group was divided between sleeping and wanting to watch a movie. However, the sound on the DVD player is somewhat controlled by bumps in the road…we finally gave up on the movie and just napped and talked and experimented with duct tape.

We arrived in Beckley, West Virginia late in the afternoon. David Johnson’s daughter Sarah’s husband Cole’s sister Alicia, met us at the Howard Johnson motel. She directed us to a hiking trail that led to a magnificent overlook in the mountains. It was a 1.6 mile hike out to a bluff over the New River Gorge. Of course, it was a 1.6 mile hike back to the bus. While we were out there David Johnson led us in some praise music and David Collie led us in a devotion reflecting on the week and the weeks to come.

Cracker Barrel did a great job of getting us all in and fed in record time. Back at Howard Johnson’s we had our traditional talent show in the lobby of the motel. An interesting twist to this year’s performances involved the necessity to freeze the action every time the phone at the front desk rang. There were several entertaining performances. Be certain to ask your students about them.

Lights out at midnight because we are heading home in the morning. Cville here we come!