The good news is that I'm sitting a little still until I move to CO!
6/24 – Heading towards Blacksburg, I stopped into Sweet Briar College to enjoy lunch with Alison Malloy. The area was BEAUTIFUL!
6/24—6/27 – Blacksburg!
The highlights include: Amanda Paez – Preston – Sheena – Colin – Maggie – Carl – Tricia – The MacDonalds – Justin – Gail Kirby! – Shawn – Kris – Matt Theme Housing – I’m sure there are some people I’ve forgotten.
I hiked the Cascades with Amanda and Sheena, and we’re pretty sure Amanda injured an animal on the drive home (we decided that it was most likely a mountain lion).
6/27 – 7/1 – Atlanta to surprise my family! My mom, Rachel, Abby, Julia, Caroline and Caleb were all visiting my Nana and Papa; I had told only my mom I was coming, Natalie didn’t tell anyone she was coming with me (really because she didn’t decide to come until 8 a.m. on the 27th). Natalie and I can now boast a wonderfully done surprise!
In Atlanta, I visited the Georgia Aquarium with my family, which was amazing! Everything was set up to flow really well (funny that somewhere with so much water would be designed to flow), so we saw some really neat animals.
I also got to hang out with Charles and his roommate, Matt. We had some delicious dinner and hung out at their apartment afterwards.
7/1 – I left Atlanta to head to Davidson, NC to visit Jason Shank; he had invited me to see Dave Matthews Band Concert in Charlotte that night. I stopped at Davidson by way of Clemson to visit Ms. Emily Kate; she gave me a fantastic tour, it being my first visit to Clemson. I tried to call Jon and Emily but apparently Jon doesn’t bring his cell phone to work!
Dave Matthews was amazing! As usual, I walked away saying “this was the best Dave show I’ve seen.” Well honestly, I think the Concert for Virginia Tech was the best Dave show ever, but this of course ranks a close second.
7/2 – Up early to begin the 11.5 hour drive to Kalamazoo, MI, which took me 14 hours.
Michigan decided to welcome me with open arms, or a GIANT thunderstorm. So the last three hours of my trip took me about 5.5 hours. When I got to Prairie Crossing, there was no power and trees were down everywhere! We got power back at about 4 p.m. on the Third!
7/4 – Celebrated our independence by watching Parker march in the parade and then we went to a baseball game. Kalamazoo Kings versus someone else: turns out a boy that I graduated high school with plays for the Kings! I didn’t remember him very well, but I did say hello to him after the game.
7/5 – Today, Dad and I went for a morning run and then we did stuff around the house. We’re hosting the neighborhood 4th of July Get Together.
2 comments:
i wish i could drive west with you!
I'm excited that I was mentioned :)
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