Summer Adventures
In fact, I recently decided that I'm going to be interning for a full six months, so I actually won't be going back to college until after Thanksgiving. I'm kind of excited about this, as that means I will only need to intern for three months next summer. I already have my weekends for fall planned out so that most weekends I'll be going to Rochester or State College. While I love being home, it can be quite boring most of the time. The random trips with friends this summer have kept me sane.
Summer started off well, with a canoeing adventure down Pine Creek in May, rock climbing at Ravensburg State Park in June, and plenty of other events and campfires. I've discovered that a lot of my friends aren't home much this summer, and oftentimes, they are working when I am not. However, it's seemed to work out okay thus far.
I've ran several races, including two 5k's in a single weekend (the 5k Run For Kids in Williamsport and the JesVic 5k in Watsontown) and a 10k in Jersey Shore. I just got back from the Boilermaker 15k in Utica, NY. This is the second year now that I've done the race, and while there were only two of us for the road trip this year (compared to four last year), it was still just as fun. I put another 470+ miles on my car in two days, so I'm glad that it hasn't decided to blow up yet. Next year should be even more epic - considering that the Boilermaker is famous for its big post-race party.
Some of my family from Wisconsin came up in June also, which was nice. I hadn't seen my one cousin for a number of years. I'm looking forward to (hopefully) going back out to Wisconsin next year to see more family and friends. I finally got to meet my cousin's kid who is already five years old and basically a genius. I've never met a kindergartner who could read so well.
Besides the Boilermaker 15k road trip, I also went on a road trip with another friend of mine to Philadelphia. I saw my second baseball game in the new Phillies stadium (we won this time), so it was a great time. I also went tubing on the lake, bringing back memories of water skiing and tubing on the Wisconsin River two years ago. Besides the road trips already mentioned, I've also gone to State College once or twice. This year was the first year that I saw the State College fireworks, which are supposedly ranked in the top three in the country.
So, all in all a fairly good summer. The remaining summer plans include a trip to Hershey this weekend, a possible Baltimore trip with my parents to visit family and watch an Orioles game, and then another road trip with friends to Erie. Besides that, I'll be working! I'm sure I'll be posting again sometime in August... my weekdays will start to get less busy once everybody else heads back to college, for sure.
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