Walking with the Dogs

Yesterday, I went all the way to Wilmington to walk about 1 mile in the park.

Pretty nuts--I should of brought my dogs too because it seemed like every person/maybe every other person had a dog.

I was walking in Wilmington for a Walk-a-thon for those who can't walk or need help walking with service dogs.

I saw the biggest dog I've ever seen, a bull mastiff (the Sandlot dog) take on a black lab--obvious winner there. I was walking behind a team of Boston terrier rescuers at one time--probably about 20 carbon-copies of those dogs surrounded me. The other half of the time was spent talking to a little old lady from Wilmington about dogs (my basenjis, her dogs) and the smell of dog waste in the air from the overwhelming numbers of them in the park.

We were fed free food from Papa Johns and McCalisters Subs. They were even handing out free doggy poop bags all along the trail...

Free t-shirts too! Large T-shirts and Extra Large T-shirts. This I do not understand. Every free event I ever go to--oversized t-shirts. The majority of the population wears small or medium, right? Do they think that there will be much advertising success in nightgown-wear? How about on Salvation Army racks? If people could actually wear these shirts in public, they might be able to sell a product or sell an event for the future--just a thought.

Terrible pictures this time, sorry! It took me awhile to figure out that the camera was on video setting, in which, I was merely snapshooting--so no video really either.

Here's what I got:

Notice the nightgown the girl is wearing...


Next Week:
Easter Week: I'm taking off.

Next Event:

1. The Newport Pig Cookin':The annual Newport Pig Cookin'Contest is a tradition in eastern NC. Try the "best of the best" eastern NC style barbecue in Newport Community Park. Rides, food, pretty much a festival again, but some really good bbq.

That's all that's listed that I'm available for. The following week looks to have a lot though--I'll post that as a poll to vote on later this week--after a little more research.

Mountain Time--Boone, NC

I'm a week behind--shame on me!

Last weekend I went camping in Boone with 11 people--some I knew, some, not so much.

Perfect weather, perfect mountains and scenery, and good company.


The campfire chats were interesting, although, half of it was a foreign language--so many movie quotes. I'm learning that my social/conversation skills are quite inadequate in the group setting--perhaps on the level of cavewoman. I go off into fly-on-the-wall mode, the observer mode; when the conversation is over is when I realize I haven't said a word. I get so caught up in what people are saying...

Besides all that nonsense, we hiked all of Saturday along the river and trails, skipping and jumping from rock to rock. We lost the trail several times--hanging on trees due to the steepness of the mountains.





The hiking was tiring and re-freshing all together--I felt like I was related to Dora the explorer, minus the hispanic part.

There's something about nature that puts me in the contemplative mind, gets me reflecting on my life and the greatness of where we are and the possibilities God holds for us. The hiking did that for me.



The very dorkish thought did come to mind on the hike...

The Fellowship of the Ring. A team of people jumping boulders and rocks along the river... We were practically replicating it.

Yeah, I romanticize everything.

I could probably add that we were crossing lots of fallen trees over the raging river, just like the Goonies--Slick Shoes!

Great weekend and great car ride conversations and singing!

Irish Jig Fesitival

There was a slight win towards the Belly Dancing in last week's poll, but due to my Raleigh friends inability to attend with me, I decided to go to the local 19th annual St. Patrick's day Festival instead. 

It was a close race, so I didn't feel too guilty.

During the week, someone requested that I perform an irish step every 30 minutes that I was there, for 30 seconds.

 


I found it strange that at an Irish Festival, there wasn't any irish music, or food for that matter. I was stepping to Raggae and country music and there was Polish and Italian food being sold in the booths. Odd? Yes!

I think my dancing would have been better with the irish music, but regardless, maybe I should just stick to the singing...

It was an overall fun day, but only because I had called up a new friend, Elisha, from EI to meet up with her there--ends up she had a whole group of people there too (many I had met before). It would have been terrible without the company--it was just food vendors, a few rides, and a beer tent. Afterwards, we went over to Elisha's house and conversed for hours on politics, religion, sports, and personal lives.

Next Event:
Camping in Boone with 20 or more Morehead people! Im roughing it without a tent in March...

Following event:
Your choice still: Look to the Poll on the Right.

Easter week:
I'm not planning anything because it is Easter, but I may blog on whatever springs up.