Saturday, October 30, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
My new love.....Boone, NC
Snuggled in our sleeping bags!
making s'mores
David 'warming' his butt ?????
At Cove Manor with Bass Lake in the background
Cone Manor - amazing mansion! We ran here from Bass Lake on Saturday and then came back Sunday for a while before we headed back to Lynchburg.
Josh and Jake petting the friendly calf.Khristina was ready to fight the cows!
Enjoying the pizza we waited almost 2 hours for....was it worth it??? I guess...
The beginning of our wait for the pizza. 30 minutes outside, 1 hr 45 minutes at our table...yeah INSANITY!
Elk Falls! We wanted to go swimming (and Jake wanted to jump off the falls) but the water was freezing so we settled for an ice bath.
Sunrise on the first morning
Driving through the mountains! Absolutely gorgeous!
Grandfather Mountain (above)
chilling out the sunroof..... :-)
All of us at Elk Falls.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Just got my EARS pierced!
Yeah, I know. I'm old. 22 in fact. And yes, I just got my ears pierced. Why now, you might ask?? well, because until about 6 months ago, I thought it was too girly and I kinda liked my 'virgin' ears. However, I FINALLY got in the mood to pierce them and took along one of my sisters and some friends to get theirs done too! Here are some pictures that were taken to document the great event.
Kinda scared.....
I had to prove that I was over 18....just by a few years.
The Beautiful Jennifer Klugh!
Going in for the kill....
The new look! :)
Khristina got her cartilage done...it was painful!
Just got my ears pierced!!!!!!!!!!!!
.....and I LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kinda scared.....
I had to prove that I was over 18....just by a few years.
The Beautiful Jennifer Klugh!
Going in for the kill....
The new look! :)
Khristina got her cartilage done...it was painful!
Just got my ears pierced!!!!!!!!!!!!
.....and I LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Old Rag Mountain
On Sunday, Jake and I hiked Old Rag Mountain. Jake ran this last spring with Dr. Horten (crazy running professor at LU) and suggested we hike. When we decided to hike Old Rag, little did we know that it was over 2 hours away....but we went anyway and it was AMAZING!! Probably the best hike I have ever been on.
Old Rag Mountain
When we got there at 3:00 in the afternoon and headed out on the hike, we met about 30 people that were finishing the hike. We also did not realize until we got there that the hike was 8.8 miles...and we had a super hard workout on Monday. Oh well. We didn't drive all that way to NOT hike Old Rag! So, we headed up. Here are some pictures of the hike:
Beginning of the hike :-)
Checking out the awesome views!
Going through the 'squeeze'
One word: WOW!!!!!
Picnic lunch near the top!
At the summit: 3,291 feet!!!! It was FREEZING up there, but SO worth it!!!
We finished it in the dark. Jake had his head lamp with him, but didn't even need to use it because we were on the road by the time it got dark.
Then we had to stop at Chipotles while we were in Charlottesville. It was my first Chipotle experience and I'll just say it was amazing. I will definitely be going back there!!!!!
Needless to say, it was an amazing day! :-)
Old Rag Mountain
When we got there at 3:00 in the afternoon and headed out on the hike, we met about 30 people that were finishing the hike. We also did not realize until we got there that the hike was 8.8 miles...and we had a super hard workout on Monday. Oh well. We didn't drive all that way to NOT hike Old Rag! So, we headed up. Here are some pictures of the hike:
Beginning of the hike :-)
Checking out the awesome views!
Going through the 'squeeze'
One word: WOW!!!!!
Picnic lunch near the top!
At the summit: 3,291 feet!!!! It was FREEZING up there, but SO worth it!!!
We finished it in the dark. Jake had his head lamp with him, but didn't even need to use it because we were on the road by the time it got dark.
Then we had to stop at Chipotles while we were in Charlottesville. It was my first Chipotle experience and I'll just say it was amazing. I will definitely be going back there!!!!!Needless to say, it was an amazing day! :-)
Paul Short Cross Country
On Friday, the Liberty XC team raced at the Paul Short invite at LeHigh University in Bethlehem, PA. It was an interesting trip to Bethlehem, with it raining hard the whole way there and having a broken windshield wiper. Coach Scott was awesome and tried to fix it, but to no avail so we drove most of the 6 hours to PA with only one windshield wiper. Good thing the one that worked was on the drivers side!
The course was super muddy because of the tropical storm that was heading up the coast. We got really dirty....
But it was so much fun!
We ended up with a school record (Jenn Klugh - 20:57, 18th place), 3rd fastest time in school history (Me - 23 second PR, 21:17, 28th place) and Hailey Neal was right behind me. I actually felt mentally tough and raced really well - I passed so many people instead of having so many people pass me like what usually happens - at least the last couple of years.
Anyway, moral of the story is this: I love my team, and I am feeling great running (I think I'm still on a running high from last week.....)
Have a wonderful day!
The course was super muddy because of the tropical storm that was heading up the coast. We got really dirty....
But it was so much fun!
We ended up with a school record (Jenn Klugh - 20:57, 18th place), 3rd fastest time in school history (Me - 23 second PR, 21:17, 28th place) and Hailey Neal was right behind me. I actually felt mentally tough and raced really well - I passed so many people instead of having so many people pass me like what usually happens - at least the last couple of years.Anyway, moral of the story is this: I love my team, and I am feeling great running (I think I'm still on a running high from last week.....)
Have a wonderful day!
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