Cumberland, MD to Hagerstown, MD

Today was a great day; we woke up and departed our lodging at the Western Braddock Inn in Cumberland Maryland.

There was a lot of climbing throughout the day, which made it tough for us as we were also battling the humidity on the ride. I was drenched in sweat through most of the ride. I kept pedaling and before I knew it, it was over. It was definitely one of the tougher days. The ride was capped off with a little drizzling rain at the end of the ride.
We arrived at the Potomac Center which was sponsoring for the rest of the day. We quickly got showered and prepared for a tour and friendship visit of the facility. We toured the facilities and we broke into smaller groups and played board games at the residence halls. After we played games for a little while we headed back to the gym for dinner with our new friends. I played a couple card games with Brad and some of the campers. We were playing spades with a bunch of new rules. Brad was getting a little irritated because every new rule seemed to hurt him only, but he shrugged it off. We soaked up every bit of this time as we could, because this was our last friendship visit for the summer.

After dinner the team had a little time to themselves, and then we participated in our last team ritual. Finally, I am a Pi Alpha, which has given me a new perspective on college, and even life. It was a tough day for me when I came to the realization that we were only two days out from DC and our friendship visits for the summer were finished with, but I cannot wait to see all of my family and friends when I arrive. Afterwards, we called it a night especially since it was approaching 2 AM.