I really love this blog idea Joy...many props to you...
so how is Roanoke by the way...I worked there through a temp agency for about 2 weeks...I forget the name of the place...
I lived in Blacksburg for a while...my friend was relocated from Pgh to down there with her company Echostar (Dish Network). I was between jobs, very aimless and needed a change so I went with her...of course there is nothing to do there except get extremely loaded on Virginia Tech's campus and find yourself in awkward predicaments that I am very thankful to have survived through and frequently ask myself what the hell were you thinking...but I attribute it to being young and stupid...
I very much enjoy hiking today as I did then, I used to hike the Jefferson National Forest down there. There was a place called the Cascades...where you hiked up 1 or 2 miles and came to the foot of 60 or 65 foot waterfall...a very WONDERFUL place...that I still think of often...
If you ever get the urge for a little outdoors you should go there, since you are closer than I'll ever be...I often wish it were still just a short drive...never really found a place quite like it yet...
I miss some things about Virginia...not the rednecks though...They didn't appreciate me much...