Welcome to the Singles Thread!
Tell us about some of the trips you've taken in the past, and your vacation plans for this summer!
Welcome to the Singles Thread!
Tell us about some of the trips you've taken in the past, and your vacation plans for this summer!
Most of my fond memories of summer are memories of being around a college during the summer. In 1982, my co-op job evaporated before I could find another, so I spent the summer after my freshman year at Virginia Tech trying to get ahead on some classwork. I took six hours each session which is equivalent to a 12-hour load during the normal quarters. That load is light, but it made for a great summer. I ended up with 12 hours of straight A's to boost my QCA (what they called a GPA). I played softball on a church team once or twice a week. I went caving with the Virginia Tech Cave Club during six of the eight weekends that I was there. I was in a Bible study and never missed a week. I lived with a friend during the first half of the summer, but he went to Germany later in the summer. I ended up having the place to myself for a month. It was my first experience of living alone. All in all, it was a great summer.
Another summer I remember was spent at Penn State in 1987 as a grad student. With most of the students gone, State College was a quieter, simpler place to be. I was able to work on my research and take a class or two. I was active in various outdoor things and with a church group. I didn't have air conditioning in my apartment, and we had a short stretch of hot weather. At that time in my life, I'd never experienced summers in Oklahoma, Houston, or Louisiana, so I hadn't really experienced hot summers. During this little stretch, they were also having an arts festival, so some roads in town were closed to traffic. I remember taping flashlights to my bicycle to make it night-legal and riding maybe a mile into town and then riding around the arts festival. The festival itself wasn't that great, but the night was cooler than the day had been. Riding my bike at even a slow, safe speed created enough breeze to feel very good. Later, I road around some subdivisions just to continue the cool feeling. Riding at night gave the impression of speed because visibility was reduced.
After working in industry for a while, I returned to college and got a second master's degree. At Tennessee Tech, they had all kinds of camps throughout the summer. Bands and cheerleaders were always playing or shouting somewhere. The setup of the buildings and landscaping was such that I'd often not see them even when I was very close. I could hear playing or shouting nearby, but I couldn't see exactly where they were.
Bill
Even though I am just a little south of the Adirondacks it is still pretty up here this time of the year.
My three best summer vacation trips were canoeing Jack's Fork River and Current River in Eminence, Missouri, summer camping at Kentucky Lake (only about 30 miles away for me), and this past summer I took some time off so I could be a groomsman in my best friend's wedding.
wonderful job to both of you. My thanks! Will not be here long. Passed on movie tonight as I AM DEAD in water.. we had 6" of mud/water in our basement this AM as a result of the storms that have hammered NE Ohio the past few days.
Hey everyone!!
Hoodie says hi too, but her internet is down...