The Greatest Night That I Will Never Fully Remember

Can't turn my mind off to sleep, so I might as well blog about quite possibly one of the greatest nights of my life!!!  Of my ENTIRE life...

First of all, it probably was NOT my proudest moment, haha.... We had spent a little too much time pregaming before the main event, and didn't stop at the main event.  But it was a GREAT night, so all the pain the next morning was TOTALLY worth it!

September 18th, 2012, I saw Guided By Voices at the 40 Watt in Athens GA.  We arrived in Athens around 3pm and went to grab dinner at one of our favorite places, Ted's Most Best.  They have the most amazing pizza!!!!  And a baked goat cheese salad.. Holy smokes!! It is so good!

We went and chilled in the room a bit and then headed over to the Flicker Bar for a pre-GBV party where a GBV cover band played.  We were trying hard not to rock out too hard.  There is where we met up with Rachel and Matt, then soon walked over to the 40 Watt.  Brad and Joel were already there, and not far behind was Jamie and Melissa.  Needless to say, it was an awesome experience to be surrounded by so many awesome friends, while watching the greatest band on the face of the planet Earth.

Detective opened and Jim Greer who used to be in GBV for a minute was in the band.  They were pretty good.  When GBV hit the stage, we were well into the party, and it was so much fun.  GBV was AMAZING as always.  They played a lot of new stuff, but tons of old favorites, too.  In general, my face was fixated in a perma-grin for the rest of the night.

After the show, we made it to Max where at some point Brad realized he was missing his glasses.  I volunteered to walk back to the 40 Watt with him to help him look for them.  Right as we were about to walk back into the club, I noticed ROBERT POLLARD and KEVIN FENNEL and completely forgot about Brad!  I turned around and saw that somehow Stacey was back at the 40 Watt too!!  So I confessed my love to Robert Pollard and Kevin Fennel.. shed a few tears, and got a fabulous kiss on the head!

Some of the details are still sketchy.. I woke up with a sad tummy, a REALLY sore left arm, and a bump on my head!  But it was a fabulous night!  I wouldn't trade it for the world!

WHOA!

Poor little neglected blog!

I have ZERO weather to post about.  It is so good that I enjoy many things other than storm chasing.

My summer has been chock full of hiking and good times.  We didn't really take a real vacation this year, which, honestly, is okay!

Probably the most amazing hike I have done since Muir Woods near San Fran was Cloudland Canyon State Park. We did the strenuous hike to the upper falls.

Here is a photo of Stacey mocking the sign warning over our impending doom!

It was rough, but well worth it!!  It has been a very dry summer so the falls was nonexistent.  Regardless, fabulous trail and fabulous place!!!

The "upper falls:"

The view!!!

I do want to say to make sure you bring WATER and take it easy coming back up from the falls.  Our legs were like totally jelly and could barely support us when we got back up.  We were truly exhausted, but like I said.. WAYY worth it!

I will most definitely post more next week!  Tuesday, we'll be making the trek to Athens, GA to see Guided by Voices for the millionth time!  I'm really excited!!!