65 miles into Tuscaloosa went smoothly this morning. However, I did have a bee fly into my jersey (it was unzipped) and have his way with my torso around mile 15. It was rather frustrating but I finished. We arrived at the University of Alabama at around 10:30, and headed to our dorm to clean up before our friendship visit. Lunch was sponsored by Omicron Chapter alumni, and right after we had an awesome friendship visit with United Cerebral Palsy of Western Alabama. I met some great new friends, talked college football, and had my butt handed to me in checkers. All in all, it was a great time. Later, we took a tour of the Omicron Chapter House, which is right in front of the football stadium. Primetime property!
After a couple hours of rest and exploring the beautiful campus, we had dinner at the house of Tim Hebson, a member of the executive council of the national fraternity. The catfish was delicious and afterward we got to swim and hang out in his backyard for a while. When we got back, we ventured the campus a little more and realized our exhaustion was beating us. We're headed to Birmingham tomorrow! Also, here is a sad pic of some of the April 27th tornado damage. But after speaking with the locals, I can assure you that Tuscaloosa is not letting the damage slow their lives down.
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