The Plan

I have a lot to do before Friday comes, and many people are becoming curious about what I’m going to be doing, where exactly I’m going to be, and how long I’m going to be there. So, let me give you a lil tour of my plan!

Map of my Trip

This is just a quick example of the locations I’ll be going to on my trip. I tried to get the route to show up… but my computer was being silly.

Dumfries Sky @ Night

It all starts with me leaving Quincy this Friday (July 11) around 8AM if not earlier. I’ll be making my way to Dumfries, VA, the first stop on my trip, to meet up with Andrew while on my way to my second destination. We’re going to go to a cool restaurant with live music, watch a movie, and just lounge around together, which should be awesome. If you haven’t been following along, my boyfriend Andrew is interning with the FBI on their base in Quantico doing some really neat things. While my internship finishes Thursday, he still has four more weeks after this one, so I figured it would be nice of me to stop in and say hello!

Millboro Mountains

Some time Saturday (July 12) in the afternoon, I will leave Dumfries to make my way to Millboro, VA, home of some wonderful memories and good times at Camp ACCOVAC. While ACCOVAC may be legit in the middle of nowhere, I can’t wait to get there. The past two summers, I worked at ACCOVAC for six weeks as a part of Appalachian Advent Christian Summer Ministries, and while it was tiring, it was great! This year, I needed to fit in an internship in order to graduate, so I wasn’t able to do AACSM, but I AM going to be working at ACCOVAC for their final week, July 13-19. I’m so excited to get to see my kids again!!

Blowing Rock, NC

After that wonderful week with my kids, I will make the trek to Blowing Rock, NC on Saturday (July 19) around 2PM. My mom’s side of the family has a house on a wonderful campground there that I’ve been going to since way before I was born. Another bonus to the campground (besides being with my family) is that GA Camp takes place there. GA Camp was the 7th week of camp I worked at as a part of AACSM. All the different AACSM teams met up at GA Camp at the end of the summer for our last working week. It’s great, because I actually went to GA when I was young enough to, and then the past two years I was able to work there and be with some awesome teenagers, much different than the 9 and 10 year olds I’m used to having 4 out of the 6 weeks at ACCOVAC. Blowing Rock is a beautiful area, too. The Blue Ridge Mountains have got to be some of the greatest things in existence. I will be in Blowing Rock for the week of GA (July 20-26) and will stay until Monday, July 28 spending time with my family (and hopefully having Andrew come visit and see my true home).

Soulfest @ Gunstock Mountain, Gilford, NH

Then, it’s off for the longest ride of my journey. I will be in my car for most of Monday the 28th making my way from Blowing Rock to my house in West Ossipee, NH. It’ll be a long drive, but I think my dad is going to ride back with me, so it shouldn’t be too bad. After spending Monday night in my bed, I will unpack and repack and drive to Meredith where my friends Aaron and Lacy McIntyre live. I’ll be staying at their house while working at SoulFest from Tuesday, July 29-Saturday, August 2. I’ll be working part time in the Art Gallery (4.5 hour shift each day) and spending the rest of the hours I’m there watching some of my favorite bands perform to thousands of people. Each night when the day is done, I will drive to Aaron & Lacy’s to crash on the couch before getting up the following morning to do it all over again. I really cannot wait… I’ve never been able to go to SoulFest for the whole weekend before. I’ve gone for 2 days for a few hours, but never the whole weekend. So psyched. I’m going to have a buttload of pictures, so you better be ready for them!

Once SoulFest has wrapped up, I will go relax at home in West Ossipee with my family until I get asked to babysit (sometime the week of August 3), and then I will return to Quincy.

This is going to be an awesome trip for me and I’m already planning out things I’m going to do along the way to keep myself awake and alert and to have a blast. So, yeah! If you’re wondering where I am, that’s where I’ll be! I will have my phone with me for the whole trip, but will not be able to use it while I am at ACCOVAC. I will have Internet access while I’m in Blowing Rock, but every other time is highly unlikely. So! Call me if you need me, leave me messages, and I’ll try to keep you all updated on how things are going!

VIVA LA VIDA!