Recent adventures

Thought I'd share some pictures of recent adventures. First: Freak Mountain Ramblers - a great show. They played a lot of country swing and two-step; really got the crowd dancing. There were some good dancers out there too....and then some not so good ones. Kyle and I got to the show at 6 cause we were told that it would fill up fast. Well, it was a little too early. After the show started we were joined by Kim and Mark. Mark took a phone call then disappeared for the rest of the night. I tried a Sweet Tea Smash. It was too minty for me. (I have decided I do not like mint unless it's in gum.) Kim tried to get us to dance, but I was way too shy. After the show, we headed to the rooftop bar to have some appetizers on happy hour. Learned you can't have cajun tots at the happy hour price (dumb); but since Kyle works there, they were nice and gave them to us anyway. Kim ordered a lemon drop and a hummus plate. It was a great night.

Oh my! How could I forget!! We went to Bluesfest. Well, we kind of did. We only went for Taj Mahal, but it was great! He's adorable when he dances on stage. I was sad I didn't hear Cakewalk Into Town though. But he did play goin' fishin'. And he played a song on the banjo (I think he knew Kyle would be there ;-)). That was also a fantabulous night.

Fourth of July was neat cause my grandma met Kyle's great grandma. They really liked each other.

Almost a week ago, Kyle volunteered to work at Edgefield for Avett Brothers. I decided to go up with him cause I had nothing better to do. We went early and went to the Saturday Market. We found some really cool things - two t-shirts for Kyle and a tank top for me. I was saddened though that there was no produce. At the Salem Saturday Market, a lot of what's sold is produce or meat or plants. (Kyle just peeked at my blog!!! Ugh!) I was a little disappointed. After the market, we went back to the car, and I don't know how it happened but Kyle dropped his wallet on the ground. We didn't realize it, and went to Big Ass Sandwiches. We realized it then because Kyle couldn't find it. So we raced back to the parking spot and luckily, some guy was guarding it. We gave him 7 bucks - we're so lucky that he didn't take it because Kyle had over 100 dollars in the wallet. Well, we were running out of time - Kyle needed to be at Edgefield at 4. So we skipped Big Ass Sandwiches and ate something quick at Burgerville. I dropped Kyle off. I had been wanting to go to the animal shelter there. It's a very impressive shelter. It has a huge cat room and the dog kennels are very clean and each has it's own outdoor area. I fell in love with a dog named Pepsi. He was shaking and so sad when I first saw him and I sat down next to him. He had these treats all over the floor and as soon as I sat down, he began to eat. He was only $60, but our landlord won't let us have dogs. After that, I went to Tim's Great Cigars to see if they had Kinky Friedman cigars. They didn't, but it's okay cause Tim is the sweetest man on earth and so helpful. I told him what Kyle liked and he found me the perfect cigar that Kyle loved - a Jose Seijas. We plan on going back there when Kyle has time to hang out. Then I decided to go to Powell's cause I had 4 hours to kill. I found lots of books I wanted, of course. I completely conquered the green room! I didn't have a lot of money so I didn't buy anything but I made a list of what I wanted so I could check things out at the library. I worked on homework in the cafe, and found a comic that I would like to share with Kyle. It's called The Walking Dead. AMC is producing a series from the comic, premiering in October with Norman Reedus (Boondock Saints), so I'm excited about that. After perusing Powell's I remembered I had some DVD's in the car that Kyle didn't want, so I took them to Everyday Music and sold them. Then I headed back to Edgefield and walked around there. After Kyle was off he smoked his cigar and I had a Ruby. It was a swell evening!!

Monday we went camping. I took Kyle to Elk Lake. It's about 11 miles N of Detroit. The forest service doesn't recommend anything but high clearance vehicles on the road up there. It's pretty rough, but not as bad as I remember. Well worth it though. The lake is crystal clear. We borrowed a lot of camping gear from Aunt Shirley. So we set up her 8 person tent for the two of us. Oh, but Elk Lake is so beautiful! We read, we roasted hot dogs and smores and played Scrabble and swam. Everything was great except the mexicans with their screaming children the first night and then the second night someone brought a baby. Other than that it was pretty quiet. We fed chipmunks. I wanted to take one home. You must make the trek up there. It's amazing!!

Alright, I'm done gabbing. Now for pictures!