Great Deals At the Biltmore House!

This past Sunday, my boyfriend's parents and him, and my mother, sister, and I all went to the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC.  For the people reading my blogs that don't truly know who I am, I have a passion for history.

The Biltmore House has just that!  There are different interesting history facts that you can find out.  My boyfriend surprised me this past November, he upgraded our tickets for $30 each and now we get to go to the Biltmore House for free!  

Not only that, we get a certian percentage off at all of the shops, including the winery!  This including 10% off the stable cafe, and other restaurants at the Biltmore!

There is a place where you can stay, called the Biltmore Inn.  Now, these rooms are not too expensive because you get to sleep on the Biltmore land that George Vanderbilts family gets to see and wake up to  the exciting views that he and his family and friends got to wake up to everyday!!

In my eyes, the Biltmore House shows you how the elite of the early 1900's lived.  There was so many things that George Vanderbilt (the man behind the Biltmore House, he built it), wouldn't do for both that house, his wife (Edith), and his daughter (Cornelia).

There are 43 bathrooms in that house, including an indoor heated pool, workout gym, bowling alley, a lot of bedrooms.  A fun fact that the bus driver told me and everyone I went with on our way back, to look behind the house, the tallest mountain was Mount Pisgah.  "Every inch of land from there to the Biltmore House, George Vanderbuilt owned in the early 1900's." That's a lot of land.

Over the next couple of blogs that I do, I will tell you the interesting things that I have either discovered or that I find new every time that I go to Biltmore.  The next three or four blogs I'm going to be posting pictures and sharing my fun experiences.

From now til then, have fun and safe travels!

- Bekah Grace

Late Night Run - Hunger Nights

Hey Everyone! Sorry that I couldn't get the post up on last Sunday, I was too busy watching the Superbowl!

Today, I'm going to blog on fun nights in college (hunger nights!)

There are many times in college life that you can be up late and you get hungry.  I don't know how many times that has happened to me.  Actually, I have done this currently.

This past weekend, I was doing homework and I had a steady pace going.  Next thing I know, it hit me!  I wanted a Cook-Out milkshake.  Now, if you don't know what Cook-Out is, it's a hamburger joint, that has other things, but I go there most of the time only for the milkshakes.  I called up a group of friends and asked them if they wanted to go on a Cook-Out run.

They said, "Yes." This is when the fun began.

I went and picked up the girls, the first thing that we did was go to Cook-Out and got milkshakes.  Then we decided to just go on a run.  For us, this means we run to different resturants and get things to eat.  Next, we went to Taco Bell.  Then we went to Sonic. 

Can I just say that we are a group of females that go to a college, and when we get hungry we go out and eat.  But because we have difference taste buds we go to different places! 

Having a hungry nights isn't fun until you go out with your girls (or guys) and you blast the music in your car and everyone starts singing (on key and not on key)!!

I hope that you will now experience a hungry night like this and enjoy having Simply Fun Outings!

- Bekah Grace

Out & About On A Saturday Night

WELCOME BACK!! 

How many times have you had a weekend where you don't know what to do?  I currently had this problem this past weekend.  I was so bored, my friends were so bored.  So we decided to go shopping.

Since we normally go to Concord Mills, we decided to go to Winston - Salem, NC.  This is where our adventure starts!

Are you from the Salisbury area? If you are, you know how long it takes to go from Salisbury to Winston - Salem.  If you are not, let me tell you!  Normally from Salisbury, you hit interstate 85, and go for about 45 minutes; then you are in Winston-Salem.  No, not me and my friends.  Somehow we got lost. It took us about an hour and 15 minutes to go from Salisbury to Winston-Salem.

When we finally get to W.S., we decide to go to Ross.  Ross is my store! I love it.  You can always go in there and find anything.  It's like a cheap but great Wal-Mart (minus the food).  Since we have a dance coming up at the college, we decided to go ahead and get dresses that we are going to wear.  

I found a couple of dresses that I liked, went and tried them on and then I had a hard time trying to figure out which one I really wanted to wear.  I finally picked out a strap-less black dress.  The best part of it is, THAT IT HAS POCKETS!!!

Next, we decided to eat.  We have the hardest time always trying to find a place to eat.  We finally decided on Chinese.  

The fun things about going out and about on a Saturday Night is that you don't have to worry about curfew, homework being due the next day, etc.  Having a fun night with your girls on a Saturday Night, reminds me of the fun times that we have always had.  

Always remember that you deserve to have a fun night every once in a while, the tricky part is, don't get to carried away.  Remember that you are you, you know what you have to do.

Signing out for now,

- Bekah Grace

Welcome to Simply Fun Outings!!!

Welcome! My name is Bekah Grace.  I am currently a senior at Catawba College.  My major is Communication Arts.  I am outgoing, fun, and can be shy.  I try to make friends with everyone.

I am going to be writing on fun outings that are not only simple, but can be very cheap.  Now, not all of the events that I write on are going to be cheap.  I am going to be writing on fun events that me and my friends have done not only recent but in the past too.  Also, I'll be writing on places like the mountains, the beaches, and the Biltmore house.

I love to travel.  I love to tell people about my travels.  If I had it my way, I would travel the world.  Since I am currently in college in North Carolina, I will only be traveling near my schools' hometown and telling you all of the fun and interesting things in Salisbury, NC.

Sometimes, I will have some posts that seem a little out there and sometimes I'll have some posts that seem to be on point.

If there is a place or event that you want me to ever check out, let me know by commenting on a post, and I'll make sure that I try to get to it!

I will post every Sunday and Wednesday by midnight.  So, stay tuned, and come along and enjoy the ride!!!

-Bekah Grace