Courtyard Greenville Spartan

... Christian code? Do they know that we have a black cast member? If they did, would they not have come?

It's disgusting/fascinating to know that these people still exist. I knew some of the info, but if you're interested in learning more about this relic of a school that only last year apologized for it's horrible history of racism, read the link above.

My daughter, Julie, her friend, Heather, and I went hiking at Table Rock State Park July 31. We hiked all the trails. It took 6 hours to do to the Pinnacle Mountain Trail, Mill Creek Falls Spur, Mill Creek Pass Trail, Ridge Trail, and the Table Rock Trail, plus 3 falls, 1 cut chin, and 1 bee sting, but we made it.

Planning Trip-4 weeks til we leave on Trip, Planning how long at different segments of trip.
Itinerary as of today:

Week 1- Arizona and Southern Utah including Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, Petrified Forest, Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Bryce and Zion Canyons.

Week 2- Eastern ...

So yesterday morning I woke up at 6 o clock and took a shower. As i was walking to the shower i saw a line of cars waiting at the gate, cars full of campers and crazy parents who had been in that queue since 5 oclock, bearing in mind the gates arent open until 8! When the gates did open all the flashy cars came zooming in, unloaded their kids and belongings upon us, and left!

The night ...

... in the lake! Then some of the american councellors arrived and they were all like "Lets jump in the lake ya'll"...and so i did...and it was SOOOOO COLD! The weather is really weird here, like apparently thety have officially been named with having a tropical climate, including the rainstorms! On my third day and fourth me and another girl (most of the councellors had arrived by now) had to go to Camp Carolina which is the boys camp ...

... in the lake! Then some of the american councellors arrived and they were all like "Lets jump in the lake ya'll"...and so i did...and it was SOOOOO COLD! The weather is really weird here, like apparently thety have officially been named with having a tropical climate, including the rainstorms! On my third day and fourth me and another girl (most of the councellors had arrived by now) had to go to Camp Carolina which is the boys camp ...

...I have actually arrived in Parent Trap. Hayley ( a member of staff) picked me up at the airport and she was lovely, the weather is very stuffy at the moment and it was raining when i first got here but apparently thats the first of the rain we've had. Had a quick tour around camp, obviously nothing is 5* but its everything i imagined it would be. I am the only councellor here there are a total of 10 people at ...

I've been 'back home' now for two full days. Weird. I haven't really been 'back home' for going on eight years, so its a bit of a time warp feeling. What's worse is that besides today (since I've borrowed Mom's wheels), I'm still carless. I haven't been carless in this town for going on eleven years! Talk about a strange feeling. Luckily, I've got this upcoming trip to focus on and plenty of unpacking, packing, rearranging, throwing out and donating to do in the next four days to keep me ...

... we had stunning views across the Blue Ridge Mts where they drop about 2000' to the piedmont below. This gave us quite a different perspective than on the Blue Ridge Parkway that have we travelled, which kind of winds along their backbone. Our intended destination however was Raven Cliff Falls http://www.alleneasler.com/raven.html which if you have clicked the link you can see are spectacular falls 420' from ...

THURSDAY Had a very early start to be at the Carolina First Centre for the opening ceremonies and got there just in time. Lots of the customary fanfare and a great welcoming speech from one of the City Councilors, set the ...