Guest Post - By Bonny King

Hey Everyone!  I have a surprise for you today!  For most of you know that I am doing this blog for a class.  We had to have a guest post by today and this is my guest post! I hope that you enjoy it!

First, let me introduce you to Bonny King.  Many people who know her call here "Momma Bonny" at Catawba College.  She is the first person that you talk to when you go to the school to get to know the school better.  She is always smiling and gives great hugs when your not having a good day!  Enjoy this wonderful piece by Bonny King.

Until next time travelers, have fun and safe travels!

- Bekah Grace

Recently we planned a trip to Myrtle Beach, SC because my husband was interested in a participating in a Car show there.

He has a 1969 Mustang that he is particularly fold of.    I thought it was a great idea, because there is a lot to do there if the “women folk” get tired of walking around looking at cars, we can shop, see some shows, etc.  

The car show was called “run to the sun” at Myrtle Beach and had approx.. 3100 cars there.  Needless to say it would take days, to see that many cars, but luckily the weather was beautiful and the cars were as equally impressive.  Car vendors, food, people watching and did I mention – Johnny Cash was there?  Yes he was.  Impressed…right?   

Friday night we decided to go to the boardwalk at Myrtle Beach.  Our group walked along the boardwalk which runs beside the ocean and it was gorgeous.  The wind, waves, water and sunshine, it made you think about how magnificent our God is that he created all this JUST FOR US…..and in 7 days too!!

At the end of our walk, we were a little chilly so we found this little tiny coffee house next to “The Bowery” on the boardwalk. We decided we needed a little coffee to get warmed up.

When we walked into the coffee shop, we had an Elvis encounter.  He had come to perform outside on the boardwalk and was dressed in a White jumpsuit with a tiger embossed on the front and Back. Very impressive as he was also a really nice guy to talk to.  YES..We got to meet Elvis. 

While we were ordering in that tiny coffee shop, (that had some amazing Christian music playing) I happened to notice a chalk sign just above the pasties in the case.

It said “ God Forgives all our sins and heals all our diseases” Psalms 103:3.  I have a very dear friend that was with me on our trip and she has been going thru some health issues the last several years and she noticed the sign too.  This definitely was sign for us that our trip was amazing because God was telling us at that point in time, he was in charge.

We finished our coffee and went back to the hotel for the night.

The next day we went to the Alligator adventure park and petted alligators, saw tigers and had a great time.  That night we ventured to the “Captains Table” for seafood.  I tried Shrimp and grits for the first time and it was fantastic. 

All in all, the trip was great.  Where else can you meet Johnny Cash, Elvis, Pet an Alligator, see 3100 classic cars and get a sign from God all on the same trip?!

The best things in life are the people you love that are with you, the places you have seen, and the memories you make along the way.

On our trip…. there was definitely JOY in the journey.

Bonny B. King

DJ's Restaurant = Awesome Food!

Hey! Today, I want to talk about going out to eat.  A lot of people that I know like to go to the same places to eat.  I'm sorry if you are one of these people, but you need to go out and try different places. To be completely honest I was one of the people that did that, until I had expanded my horizons!

I used to go to places that we were franchises.  It wasn't until I came to college that I truly understood that if you go out and have fun with your friends, and eat somewhere different, it's okay!

Today, I'm going to talk about on of my favorite places to eat around Salisbury, NC.  This place is DJ's.  There is just something about this Italian restaurant that I feel like it's okay for my to eat different things when I go there every time.

There is not going to be any pictures in this blog because I forgot to take them when I was at the restaurant.

Yesterday, I went there.  I had a 10" DJ's Special Pizza.  It's so good! It has sausage, hamburger, onions, green peppers, cheese, and pizza sauce.  It's so simple, that's why I think that it is so good!

Another item that I like is, the California Salad.  This is lettuce, beautiful tomatoes, cheese, grilled chicken, onions, topped with any kind of dressing that you want.

Lastly, I want to talk about the cheese mozzarella sticks, GO HERE!  If you want to try the best ones, they are here.  The crust on the outside, are perfectly golden, and the cheese on the inside is just great! When you pull the stick away, you have to grab the cheese because it keeps on coming.

I hope that you have liked this blog, until next time, have fun and travel safe!

- Bekah Grace.

Movie Night In?? Why Not!!!!

Hey everybody! I know that my blog is called Simply Fun OUTINGS, but I thought tonight, why not do a night in?  I'm sure that you all have had those days when you wanted to go out, but didn't want to take a shower, fix your hair, put your make up on, get dress and then have to drive out to have a fun night.


Well, this past weekend I had one of those nights.  I decided that I would put on some of my pj's and pop in a chick flick! The chick flick that I decided to watch was a throw back, some of you may not remember it.  I remember going to the movies for my 12th birthday to watch this movie.  Can anyone guess what that movie is?  It's A Cinderella Story! With the one and the only Chad Michael Murray.  I use to have one of the hugest crushes on him, until he left me in One Tree Hill.

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I know that I have some of you people out there that know what I am talking about.  One Tree Hill was the best show that The WB had ever put on air!  And sadly, every Christmas, my family makes a pact to watch all 9 seasons straight!  We love One Tree Hill!

Now, back to A Cinderella Story.  For the ones of you who haven't saw this movie, I think that you need to go on Amazon or Ebay and buy it ASAP!  This is one of the best chick flick's that I have ever seen.

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I popped a bag of popcorn, grabbed a drink out of my refrigerator and I went and put the movie in.

I wish that I could say what my favorite part is, but I have TWO!

One of my favorite parts is when Hilary Duff (Sam) and Chad Michael Murray (Austin Ames) are at the masquerade dance. Check it out below:

 



The song that the string band is playing is I'll Be by Edwin McCain.  Great song!


The other part, is when Sam confronts Austin Check it out below:

I hope that you have enjoyed this blog and until next time, have fun and safe travels!

-Bekah Grace

Fun Movie Night Out!

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Last Friday, my boyfriend and I went to see the movie 21 and Over.  Can I just say, that movie was hilarious!

Here is a trailer of the movie:

We went to the movies around 7:30 and we got popcorn and drink before we went into the movie theatre like normal.

Tinseltown, the movie theatre near my house, has this great deal going on, that if you buy a plastic bucket and a plastic cup for $10 for both, you can come back for as many times as you want to for the year of 2013. 

Of course, I bought one, thinking that I would get it and use it all the time.  Well, last Friday was the first time that I had ever used it.  My mom and sister had used it a lot in the past, but this was my first time.  I didn't know what was going to happen.  I took it up to the lady behind the concession stands, and she took my popcorn bucket, filled it up and then asked me what type of drink I wanted.  It wasn't until after I got everything back that I thought to myself, I'm so glad that I washed everything out before I went, because she didn't even take the time to do it. 

That got me wondering, are the supposed to clean it, if not, how did that get idea get past the FDA?  Wouldn't they have saw the unsanitary side of it all and made sure that they couldn't do it?  I don't know, but I do know that if you get that deal, please please please, make sure that clean it properly before you take it back, because no one wants you to give them germs and it is the same germs that are going into your popcorn bucket, and drink.  Do you want to have that in your body?  Just something to ponder....

Back to the movie, if you have not seen this movie I highly highly recommend it!  If you loved The Hangover,  you will LOVE this movie.  It is about three college guys that were best friends in high school.  Well, they figured out while celebrating one of the boys 21st birthday, that they probably haven't kept in touch like they should have. 

While trying to find out where someone lived, they had to go through a bunch of things.  This movie is a large winding movie.  You definitely need to stay with this movie and not leave to go to the bathroom.  This movie will have you laughing and laughing and laughing some more! Please go see this movie!!

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Well this time, until next time, have fun and safe travels!

- Bekah Grace

Festiva 2013!

Sorry for not typing up a blog last Wednesday, everyone!  I am typing up this blog for a class that I am currently taking at my college, and we had Spring Break and it slipped my mine that I would have to do a blog last week.  I hope that everyone will forgive me.  But as I promised, this is the best outing that I have ever had and YES it was while I was on Spring Break!

About two weeks ago, James and I, and his family, went on a week long trip to Banner Elk, North Carolina.  Now, for the people who doesn't know where that is, it is roughly about 15 to 20 minutes from Boone, North Carolina.  Now, if you don't know anything about Boone, I am sure that you have heard about the famous college that they have up there...Appalachian State University.

Now, that most of you know something about the area that I am talking about, I am going to continue with this special blog.  Now, the fun part about this blog is that it isn't an outing that lasted one day, it lasted the whole week.  Your probably wondering, "What type of outing lasts for a whole week?"  Well, for the ones who are anxiously sitting on the edge of their seats, today I'm talking about the place (timeshare) that we stayed at.

The place that we stayed at was a timeshare place called Festiva.  This place was so cool.  I don't know if it was because I had never been to a timeshare, but I had a great time.

The timeshare that we had was a king bed (master bedroom), two twins in a room (other bedroom), a full kitchen, two bathrooms, a dining room, and lastly a living room.  The master bedroom was upstairs with a walkway and a bathroom.  This is where I thought was the coolest.  I always found myself looking over so I could talk to the people downstairs.

This place is definitely catered to children too!  They had a lake that you could fish in, paddle boat in, or if you didn't want to go into the water, they had a nice picnic area that you could sit at, as well as a place where you can sit and watch the lake.  There is a lot of grills around the place and a very nice built fire pit that you can build a fire in.  There was also a putt-putt course.  In the main lobby, they had a swimming pool that went to 6 feet deep.  There was a hot tube and a sauna.  These were great! I loved these!

A great thing about the mountains in snow!  We were up there from Saturday to Saturday, and Tuesday and Wednesday we didn't go out because there was so much snow.  I love the snow up there.  It's nothing like what I thought it would be.  I thought that all snow was like the snow that we get in Salisbury.  Snow and Ice mixed together.  But no, up there it is a soft and great for clumping together to make a nice snow ball with.

Well, this is just a little bit of the fun stuff that we had around us, on one of the best weeks I've had in a long long time.  I would highly recommend for someone (anyone of my readers) to go there.  I loved it and I hope that you would too. 

This is all for this post.  Until next time, as always, have fun and safe travels!

-Bekah Grace

So Sorry!

Hey EVERYBODY!!!

I totally forgot that last night was Wednesday night.  And to my dismay, I will not be putting up a blog today.

Make sure that you come back on Sunday, because I will have a simply fun outing that you will WANT to do!

As always, have fun and safe travels.

-Bekah Grace