Peaks of Otter

The three amigos decided today to go hiking to the Peaks of Otter!  Originally our friends Aaron and Dan were going to go with us, but they were too busy so that’s saved for NEXT weekend.  We left at 11 am and started hiking at noon.  It was 70 degrees but very muggy, with bugs in our faces and a heavy fog over the entire mountain.  We hoped it would clear by the time we got to the top, but no such luck. We could only see about fifty feet in any direction until we were half back DOWN the mountain… don’t it figure…

At the Peak, in the lodge

Lyndsey on the peak of the Peaks

For Dad: I made it to the top!

In the Window

A salamander met us on the trail. We saw several millipedes of different colors too.

My car finally hits 100,000 miles

Devil’s Marbleyard: Take Two

I managed to get a lot done this morning, before church, and then after church when I got back to my quiet room.  I have very little homework with this light week, so I had plenty of time for resumes and writing ideas.  While I was working my friend Andrew came to my window, and we decided to head back to the Marbleyard because today was so gorgeous.  We tried to get more folks to come but no one could, so just the two of us went.  We left at 4 pm and got back around 8.  Here are some more great pictures!

On the overlook

The never ending view

Andrew

On top of the world

Devil’s Marbleyard

Today, my friends, I climbed a mountain.  A real Blue Ridge mountain.  And when I say climbed, I mean climbed. Not with ropes and pulleys, with my bare hands and feet. Well, my feet weren’t bare, but my hands were.  My friend Dan invited me to join a group and climb the Devil’s Marbleyard, a huge rockslide of marble slabs left over from the Flood and the glaciers near the Blue Ridge Parkway (Google it!  Fascinating…).  On the way out, we got lost and ended up in a town called Glasgow, where we found out in the country a hilarious sight:  Foamhenge.  I could lie and say I went to Europe over the weekend… but that would be a lie.

Specifically for Dad:  I am not yet a ‘hiker girl’, but I am on my way.

'Foamhenge'... Stonehenge made out of foam...

Clarissa and Me on a ridge preceding the Marbleyard

After climbing an hour I got to the third 'level'... didn't quite make it to the top

The beautiful view

It’s All Greek To Me…

Hall meeting sometimes has a theme that we all dress up for — 80′s Night, Gangsta Night, etc — and tonight was Toga Night.  I had just washed my blue bedsheets so I had my outfit ready.  Here are some pictures from hall meeting.

Phy and Erika, my prayer leader

Kayla and Phy

Convertible Ride!

Lyndsey’s 19th birthday is this Sunday, and for an early celebration her friend Dan invited her and her Siamese twins to go to Five Guy’s with his roommate.  It was gorgeous today — 82 degrees — and what did he pull up to take us with but a blue convertible!  We all crammed in the back seat and had some FUN!