Murphy - environment

4/2/11

Last night after vigorous gaming, contemplative star-gazing, midnight snacking, and reflective pillow talk we all fell asleep in our massive three mattress bed. We finally got to sleep in and once we got up we cleaned house, ate a breakfast full of leftovers, and admired the beautiful weather. Sadly NC saved its best weather day for just when we were leaving in desperate hopes of tempting us into prolonging our stay. On our way out we didn't have to turn in our key because we never had one. The Hinton Center is pretty relaxed. The big event during the first half of our drive was when a tree fell down blocking the whole country highway. We were just the second car to arrive at the roadblock. We were forced to turn around and take the excessively curvy Candy Mountain Road. Half of the van looked like they wanted to hurl by the end of it. Other than the detour, several snoozefests, and humorous pick-up phone calls, Winston delivered us safely to our layover in Louisville at Cole's humble homestead. We had our final family dinner of the trip at the famous pizza joint, Chubby Ray's. The crowd favorite was undoubtedly the Santa Fe ranch and chicken pizza. It's like they cut out the Newman's Own middle man with his creamy dressing. The sports bar was heating up as University of Kentucky was getting ready to play in its final four basketball game. We relaxed at the cozy Donelson home to watch the basketball games and play games a final time. We are anxious to get some more Bang in tonight (our new favorite Italian card game) and will be fighting over who gets to sleep on the buffalo robe. Tomorrow we are fixing to sleep in, enjoy tasty Scottish eggs, and try our hand at tomahawk throwing (a favorite Donelson hobby).

As a whole our trip was fantastic! We want to thank everyone who supported our trip. You are a huge part of our success. The thought of going back to our normal lives tomorrow and starting class is torture, but everything was great while it lasted. All in all, we hate invasives, we love Tony, and we beg everyone stick to native decorative plants.

Herbs and Happiness,

Murphy ASB