The Weekly Report: March 4th-10th

 The Week of March 4th-10th:

I began the week in the middle of the woods with several friends. I've been wanting to get out and camp for a while now, and figured that Spring Break would be a good a time as any. I chose a spot in Linville Gorge, North Carolina. A great spot to pitch a tent and kickback as any, but made all the better by the light show that lit up the night sky there (ghost lights, to be more specific). Besides the atrocious night of sleep I got, the trip was a roaring success. I mean, how could an overnighter of intermittent rock climbing, a bowl or two from my pipe, some Miller High Lifes, soup from a can, and instant coffee be anything other than great? 

My view from above

Our group split the following day. A couple of the guys went back to campus, and the rest made our way to my house. Despite our lack of service for most the ride, our queue was excellent. At point, we followed up Sweet Virginia with some Bruce Springsteen greatest hits. I mean, come on now. 

The rest of the week was spent back home in Travelers Rest, drinking an exorbitant amount of espresso, IPAs and clementines, Bean Game crusades, binging Survivor 27, pickle ball, and Moms Against Climate Change jam sessions (we missed you, Evan). The highlight of the week was a very successful vinyl/CD run, which resulted in four vinyls (the second Frog on the Bass live album by Vampire Weekend, Boy by U2, One of These Nights by the Eagles, and Love the Stranger by Friendship) and six CDs (Songs of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen, They Shoot, We Score by Yo La Tengo, Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones, a deluxe copy of Fade by Yo La Tengo, Graceland by Paul Simon, and Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes)

The haul

And lastly, here's a great moment caught on camera of Will and Bryant before an inspired reading of The Lays of Ancient Rome by Thomas Babington McCauley (a famous poet, English historian, and an ancestor of mine) from Arran.