Clemson vs Liberty Men’s Basketball – ESPN 24 Hours of Basketball
Flew into Roanoke. Went to the mall for a while as I had the entire day with nothing to do.
Then made the 1.5 hour drive to Lynchburg – which was an easy drive.
We stayed at a dreadful place in downtown Lynchburg…. Where there is nothing around! There were tons of hotels near Liberty – not sure why we couldn’t stay in one of those. ??
Downtown is pretty much all boarded up. I did go for a walk and there are still some quaint places – but pretty much dead on a Sunday afternoon.
Ya know how smells can bring back memories… well this place (below) made me think of my grandparents (father’s side) farm up in Michigan. The barn smelled like this. And all I was doing was walking by – across the street. Not to mention the fact that the farm was sold like 20 years ago – so that is a childhood memory!
I found this to be interesting…
I ventured on to a “rails to trails” which ran along the river. I wished I had found it earlier as dusk was setting in and I figured it wasn’t safe for me to go much further.
Yummy!
I ended at the only open restaurant in town (literally).
It was an old train depot. The kitchen was 2 freight cars converted into a kitchen. The booth benches were actually pews from an old church in Allentown, PA. It was full of various antiques. The food was ok.
Walked back to the hotel – where I swear to God I was the only guest for the night!
Monday morning, I ventured out again for another walk and some coffee. Still pretty dead… I did find a little shop – had a bagel & coffee and also picked up a sandwich for later.
Eventually went to work – it was a set day.
That evening I went to dinner with a couple of friends – back at the Depot Grille.
Tuesday morning came quick!
We had a 5 am crew call – agh!
Today was 24 Hours of Basketball for ESPN. It started at midnight and goes til midnight tonight. Our game was the 10a game. Not quite as bad as my friend Jason’s game – he had a 6am tip! Ugh!!
The game was ok. Ranked team vs a not so good team.
After the game, I went to lunch with my friend Heather at this diner on campus. It was very interesting – well the conversation at least. She asked our server tons of questions about the school and about the way of life on campus.
For those of you who don’t know, it was founded by Rev. Jerry Falwell. The students have to abide by a code of conduct that is the complete opposite of normal college life. The code of conduct includes possible reprimands and, later, fines, for such activities as attending dances, violating curfew, viewing R-rated movies, drinking, smoking, viewing sexually explicit material, entering the bedroom of a member of the opposite sex, having an abortion, and participating in unauthorized petitions.
She almost seemed brain washed.
Very bizare!
Then I headed back to reality – the airport!
Where I promptly entered the bar to have a few drinks with my friend Dave from Cincinnati. We were on the same flight to Atlanta. We both had some time to spare in Atlanta as well before our flights - so hung out in the Delta Sky Club for awhile.
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