Night game in Lane Stadium...

Obviously the whole weekend was centered around the Virginia Tech v. Duke football game. We were thrilled when it was announced that kick off would be at 5:30 as nothing compares to a night game in Lane Stadium. After spending all day tailgating we were ready to make the journey to the stadium and were counting down the minutes until we heard "Enter Sandman" blarring through the speakers!

The walk to the stadium was fantastic as it gave us our first glimpse of the campus. We even got to walk across the drill field which as the Hokies out there know is an activity done a least a thousand times in your college life.

As we got closer to the stadium, Andy and I broke off from Greg and Erica to quickly visit my uncle Paul who sells merchandise for Virginia Tech. I was excited to see that he now has the family "Ripley" logo on his trailer and that he had included "In memory of Thomas Ripley and Dr. Louis Ripley." My uncle and grandfather who both loved Hokie football.

Once we got into the stadium we were amazed at how awesome our seats were. I'd never sat so close to the field. The energy was undescribable, especailly when Metalica's song started to play. We were all jumping up and down ready for our beloved Hokies to take the field. Once they ran onto the field, fireworks starting going off in the background--who wouldn't want to be a Hokie?!

The game itself was not quite as memorable, but a win is a win right?! And if watching them fumble and faulter their way to a win was what we had to do to hear the Marching Virginians play "The Hokie Pokie," then that's fine with me.

When the game was over we were all happy to make the trek back to the RV as we knew heat would be there to greet us. Erica was the only one who could still feel her feet, and that's only because she was rocking some new Uggs (which will now be gracing my Christmas list!) After warming up for a bit in the camper, and regaining feeling in our toes, fingers, noses, and just about every other part of our bodies, we bundled back up and walked to BW3's for some post-game beverages.

The last stop on our list of "must do's" for the day was a late-night visit to Gumby's for some pokey sticks. We brought the food back to the camper and all you heard for the next 20 minutes were "mmmm's" and "I die..." as we savored each amazing cheesy bite dipped in ranch. There's no better way to end a game day!