Spring break and semester update

Here are a few pictures from Spring break. A group of 11 of us (7 guys, 4 girls) road tripped to South Carolina to spend a week backpacking the foothills trail. After spending all night in the 15 passenger van, we were more then read y to start our adventure. First step, catch a boat and cross Lake Jocassee
Once we were dropped at our "trail head" we were faced with obstacles. Our drop site wasn't actually the trail. The lake was low so the boat could not make it to the real drop site. Our option, to send a few scouts out, find the real trail and start bushwhacking up the side of a mountain. Luckily, we are all exceptional backpackers and we found the trail. We took a group picture in honor of this... or maybe it was just for SAR (search and rescue)?

Look at us go...
Pictures from our camp site the 2nd night.



One notable thing about the trail is that there are bridges everywhere! I thought this one was particularly pretty.

Spam melts!! I guess there is a first time for everything. This was my first and possibly last time eating spam. After getting past the mighty Python "spam spam spam spam......." there was the salty taste. Other then the spam, we had great trial food! Lots of GORP .... yum!
Our 2nd from last night we got washed out at our camp site. Everyones sleeping bags were drenched because our tents turned into small lakes. Luckily, one of us knew a family that had a cabin in the area. They graciously let us spend our last night in there warm, dry, cozy cabin!

At the sunshine cafe in Barvard NC. If you are ever in the area, you should stop, it's a great little cafe!
Picture of the areaBeing St. Patrick's day when we got back, the three of us stopped at Zeno's.


As I have not posted many pictures from the semester here are a few.

Out to get canyon pizza on Friday night. You should note that this is a PSU must do. Somehow, I have missed out on this, that night was my first canyon pizza of my PSU career!

The nest weekend, Lynda came to visit!!! It's great to see old friends!!

Another weekend a few of us went to the HUB to get some food, it was 11pm and we were hungry! We ended up playing "Settlers of Katan" Fun times!

When the weather is nice (it happens every now and then) it's fun to get outside! Jordan got a BBQ organized in Sunset park. Great food, great friends, great memories....



As it is now April 16th, we have only three more weeks of classes, one week of finals, one sr. week and I graduate! I'm still waiting to hear my placement for the Peace Corps. They say I wont find out till about mid May. For now, i'm saying my prayers, enjoying my friends, and making the most of my last few weeks at PSU.