Blacksburg, Va. (5:45 PM) — I don’t know if I could think of a worse place to write my first blog post than Blacksburg, Va.

Driving four hours and twenty minutes to the southwest corner of Virginia for tonight’s Terrapin women’s basketball game against Virginia Tech was similar to what it must feel like to drive backward in time.

Aside from the campus — which is admittedly very nice — there isn’t much civilization in this area.

The top three exciting/memorable moments from the drive down (in chronological order) were:

1. Getting a small amount of gasoline on my right hand at an Exxon pump on Route 1.
2. Trying (unsuccessfully) to take my winter coat off while driving on the Beltway
3. Passing a sign for the Luray Caverns–“The Largest and Most Popular Caverns in the East”– about nine miles north of New Market, Va. on I-81. Too bad I didn’t have time to stop.

But I made it to Blacksburg and I’m seriously happy to be here. As for tonight’s game, the Terps and Hokies are just starting to filter onto the court for their first pregame shootarounds. Junior guard Kristi Toliver and freshman guard Marah Strickland were the first Terps to make an appearance.

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Tags: travelling, Virginia Tech

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