A Twist at Merlefest!

Heyyyyyy Travelers!!!!

How many of you know what Merlefest is?  Anyone? Anybody?!

Merlefest is where people come together in Wilkes County and have a fun time together.  They have different groups of music bands that come and people also go and eat different kinds food.  There are different kinds of people that attend.  It does cost money to get in, but it is well worth it.  A ticket for one day is worth $40.  But like I told you before it is well worth it.  The days are from a Thursday to Sunday in the month of April.

I had the pleasure of going this past Saturday and Sunday. I was able to help out my boyfriends church with the BBQ that they were helping a restaurant on old 421 (Yadkin County) sell.  Just being able to go and hear the music was worth it for me.  Although I didn't know the bands, I knew that they were good because we were there listening.

The BBQ was the best I've had in a long time! So, for all you BBQ lovers, next year go to Merlefest, enjoy the BBQ and great music.  There are different types of food their too.  From Apple fritters, Grilled Corn on the Cob, Thai, Hot dogs, to BBQ.  They make sure that they hit all of the food differences that there are.

There is a company that comes out every year called Sandy Feat that carves a theme out of sand that they have imported.  Check it out below.  Can you see now that I am talking about a big event?!?

Make sure that you check it out next year at the Wilkes Community College grounds!

As sad as this is to say, I am in my exams for the last spring semester of college.  There are so many things that I wish that I could tell you all, but sadly I don't have enough time.  On the plus side of things, I will try my best to keep this blog going or I will start another blog.  This is still in the works of what I am going to do.

So with all of that that I have said this will be my last blog for a while.  I have summer fun that I am going to enjoy and work so I can have money to continue my fun.

Until next time, have fun and be safe!

- Bekah Grace

Take Me Out To The Ball Game!

Hey Travelers!

Bekah Grace here, sorry that I didn't put up this post until today, but it is kind of hard when you want to write about a baseball game and you don't get to go to the game until Thursday.

So, as you just read, I went to a ball game on Wednesday.  It was when the Kannapolis Intimidators versus the Rome Braves.  Sadly, the Kannapolis Intimidators lost, but that didn't mean that you are not able to have a good time.

Let me set the setting for you: The weather is perfect baseball weather.  It is Thursday, meaning that it is Thirsty Thursday.  (Disclaimer: If you are below 21 you are not allowed to have alcohol.  They check your ID and everything.)  

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For those of you that don't know, Kannapolis Intimidators are a Minor League Baseball Team.  They have their home stadiums in Kannapolis, North Carolina.  Their huge sponsor is (and because they have named the stadium after this place) the Charlotte Mecklenburg Center - Northeast Hospital.  

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When the summer gets warmer, they do different fun events.  Some times they do fireworks, but last night they did Trivia Night.  Since I didn't find out until after they game started that it was Trivia Night, I didn't get to participate, but it's all good.  It's not like I knew any of the answers anyways. 

While you are thinking of what to do over the summer, I highly encourage you to go to some kind of game, baseball, softball, etc.  Just go out and have fun.

Until next time travelers, have fun and stay safe.

- Bekah Grace

A Great Walk for a Great Cause!

Hey Travelers!

At first today, I had no clue what to write to you all.  I thought that this was going to be the worst post of all time.  Then I realized there are a lot of different things that people can call outings.  Do you call an outings going out and having fun, or do you call an outings just hanging out with your friends?

What if I told you that I am one of the people that consider it to be both?

Yesterday, April 20, 2013, I went to Kannapolis, NC and participated in a walk for a great organization.  I volunteer for WALK MS.  This was a great opportunity for community service, and there was a lot of people there willing to help not only walk but also volunteer.

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If you decided to walk, you could either walk one mile or three miles.  Every person that decided to walk need to raise $125.00 to walk.  All of the benefits go to help out families that cannot pay for the surgeries that go along with MS.

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Every one at the walk was extremely nice, because they were all there for a great cause.  There was some people who were there that had MS, some people were their because their knew someone that was affected by MS, and others were there just because it was a great cause.

I personally, found out that a friend of mine was diagnosed with it about a month ago.  Also, a cousin of mine has MS.  She is very strong and doesn't let it bother her as much as she can.  She is still very strong willed!

This blog was just to tell you that there are many great walks out there that are to help people.  I just wanted to spread the word about MS and this walk.  You can find walks that are closer to you by visiting the Walk MS website.  There are other walks like Relay For Life, March Of Dimes,etc.

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Until next time travelers, have fun and be safe.

- Bekah Grace

Tips on A College Sight-Seeing!

DISCLAIMER: First off, let me tell you that this post is going to be biased, because I will be showing you some pictures from my college, Catawba College.  I encourage you to read this blog post, but not only go see Catawba College just because of the pictures that I took on a sunny Spring morning.

Tours Given at Catawba College Open House

With some of you parents having students leaving high school and going to college, there are always questions that you need to know that hardly never get asked.

Questions that should be asked are the following:

1. What is the professor/student ratio?

2. What are some of the fun things to do around campus?

3. Are Freshmen allowed to have cars on campus?

4. When do the Financial Aid packets come out?

5. How much does tuition cost?

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6. How secure is this campus?

7. Are the professors nice?  Are they willing to help out each of their students?

8. If there is a problem with the students in their dormitories, is the Director of Housing willing to work with not just one, but both students?

These are just some things that I encourage you to ask. 

View from Oliver's Way

Also,if a college has an Open House, PLEASE go to it.  This is the time when you get to meet other students and parents that are able to help you out, or you can ask anyone that is working it, because I'm sure they are willing to assist you with things that you need.

Hedrick Administration Building, Catawba College

Make sure that you check out all of the scholarship websites that are out there (ex. www.fastweb.com, www.scholarship.com) and they will be able to get you a scholarship for what you are able to do.  Not only that, ask the college to see if they have any special scholarships that your son or daughter could apply for.  Every penny counts now-a-days.

Lastly, take advantage of this time with the people that are working for the college.  There are plenty of things that you can talk about and things that they are willing to tell you without you even asking.  Make sure that you take a pad and pen (to write stuff down about the college), along with a camera.  The camera will help you figure out what the college looks like, in case you are looking at more than one college.

Catawba College Student Center

Also, even if your child is stuck on one specific college, try to get them to go see another college.  Even if they don't want to, ask them, "What will it hurt?"

Catawba College Chapel

So, go to a college with your questions down on a piece of paper and get them answered.

Until next time, be safe and have fun.

-Bekah Grace

Virginia Creeper Trail - Damascus, VA!

Yesterday, I went with my boyfriends' family on a 18 mile bike trail.  This trail is very long, but so beautiful that it's not funny.  This blog is mostly just going to be pictures from the trip, but I think that you are going to enjoy it!

Damascus, VA is a little tourist town that was built around a train trail that was turned into a bike trail.  People that volunteered at Damascus said that the last train ran through there in the year 1977, and became a bike trail by 1978.  This bike trail is not bumpy, but keep in mind that this is a very long time to be riding on a bike seat.  I promise you will be walking weird for a while.

 This is the view from the Inn.

This is the description from how to Green Cove Train Station was in the old days.

This is the Green Cove today!  It has somethings added to it, but there is a museum and store inside of this train station and if you go in and read the descriptions, they show you how it was in the old days.  This was also the post office.

 There was also a play ground right on the other side of the Green Cove, where we took a lot of pictures.  See all below.

Now, I will tell you that you could have a possibility of getting hurt, I hope that you do not, but it is always good to have a First Aid Kit on hand when you decide to go to the Virginia Creeper Trail.

Thanks to Ashley Everidge for taking this photo.

There are many fun things that you can do other than watch the trail and river that passes by the trail.  You can climb.  Once again, please only do this if you are a good climber and wont get hurt.

Thanks to Ashley Everidge for taking this photo.

This was our photo after his mom, Lois, and I finished doctoring him up.

This is the crew (minus two people) that went with us.

This place has a lot of cute places where you can take cute couple photos.

This is the family that pulled this amazing day together! Thank you Everidge Family!! :) 

Have I mentioned that this place has beautiful scenery??!

Another great family shot!

Please be careful! I was coming off of a bridge and ran into James' bike.  Nothing but a couple of scratches but I do want people to have fun and not get hurt.  The bridge is below that I fell after getting off of it.

This is one of the many bridges that you will go over.  These bridges are numbered.  When we started there was 45, when we were done, the number we last crossed was number 21.

We also stopped to see the Kayaker's doing their lovely hobby on this sunny bright day!

North Carolina HERE WE COME!

This trip was awesome, and I would recommend it to everyone!  We got to the beginning of the trial at 10:30a.m. and we got back to the truck and started heading down the road at 5:00p.m.  So, this is an all day event.  There is a cafe about half way down the mountain that you can go get food.  This food is so good.  They serve hamburgers, hot dogs  etc.

I hope that you have enjoyed this post, and comment below for me to try new simply fun outings.

Until next time travelers, have fun and be safe!

- Bekah Grace

A Lovely Day at the Park!

Hey Everyone! I hope that you are having an awesome day like I am, and if not, hopefully after you read this blog, you will have a smile on your face!

Today in Salisbury, NC, the weather is 81 degrees.  Everyone I see is walking around in shorts and t-shirts, and they all have smiles on their faces.  I don't know what it is about warm weather, but it always tend to make everyone happy.








Since the weather was so nice outside, I decided at the spur of the moment to plan a fun day at the park.










We decided to go to the Salisbury Parks and Recreation Park in Salisbury, NC.  Once we were there we decided to go to the lake that they have there.

We walked across the bridge and decided to eat string cheese,

frozen grapes, and water as a snack.  Normally, I'm not the type of person that is willing to try new food, but frozen grapes are AWESOME!!! Take some grapes from the stem, wash them, and then put them in the freezer and they will be good to go in 3 hours.








Then we walked back across the bridge, out of the shade, and we started playing Frisbee and we were all having a blast.

After we finished playing Frisbee, we sat by the lake for about 5 minutes and then walked back to the car.

Today's Lesson that I have Learned: Try something different (like frozen grapes), you never know what good things you will find.  Live life!

If there is something that you want to add to this blog, write a comment below.

Until next time travelers, be safe and have fun!

- Bekah Grace